cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "<p> Pest infestation causes heavy loss to farmers; both in fields and in stores. The study evaluated the efficacy of biopesticides in management of potato tuber moths (PTM) under storage condition. The potato cultivars Khumal Seto-1, Janak Dev and MS-42.3 and biopesticides <em>Bacillus thuringiensis</em>, <em>Acorus calamus</em>, <em>Azadirachta indica</em>, <em>Artemisia vulgaris</em> and a control were used. The cv. Janak Dev had the lowest infestation points per tuber (8.13), emergence of PTM adults (19.77%), physiological loss in weight (26.03%), decay loss (17.89%) and tuber damage score (2.74). The biopesticide <em>Acorus calamus</em> had the least infestation points per tuber (2.56), infested eyes per tuber (0.17), emergence of PTM adults (1%), tuber damage index (2.24), physiological loss in weight (12.11%), decay loss (4%) and tuber damage score (1.36). <em>Acorus calamus</em> had reduced larval mining by 88% and eventually had reduced decay loss by 93% as compared to control.  The parameters relating to damage indicated that the cv. Janak Dev was least susceptible among the tested cultivars and <em>Acorus calamus</em> provided the best protection against damage caused by potato tuber moth. </p>"
authors:
  - family-names: Adhikari
    given-names: Anupa
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1191-5121"
  - family-names: Adhikari
    given-names: Anup
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4087-1487"
title: "Dataset: Efficacy of Biopesticides in Management of Potato Tuber Moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), in Three Different Cultivars of Potato under Storage"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/19092866.v1
license: CC0
date-released: 2022-01-31