REDUCING THE SPREAD OF CHILLI VEINAL MOTTLE VIRUS USING REFLECTIVE SURFACES

ONG CHING ANG

SUMMARY

Three mulch treatments, polyethylene sheet coated with aluminium paint, aluminium foil, and translucent polyethylene sheet, were evaluated for their effectiveness to repel aphids. A luminium-painted polyethylene sheet much with a maximum aphids repellency of 87% was the most effective. In another experiment, the same treatment was again superior when compared to yellow water trough trap in reducing aphid population as well as chilli veinal mottle virus infection on chilli crop.

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