Management of red spider mite (Tetranychus urticae Koch.) infesting marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) in Jammu region

A field experiment was conducted on marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) to evaluate few insecticidal molecules, viz., novaluron, carbosulfan, imidachloprid, bifentrhin, methyl-o-demeton, chlorpyriphos dust, neem oil, propargite and thiamethoxam alone against the field populations of Tetranychus urticae Koch during 2014 and 2015 at the Research Farm, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, India.