The insecticides dimethoate,malathion, ethyl-chlorpyriphos, cipermetrine, endosulphan and azadirachtinewere evaluated for controlling the seed borer B. cubensis on soursopunder field conditions. Dosage of 40, 150, 48, 40, 94.5 and 30 g of active ingredientin 100 L of water, respectively, were used. Likewise, pocketing of fruits withorgandi mesh and perforated, transparent plastic bags to avoid humidity accumulationwere evaluated. The experiment was repeated twice. The evaluated variable waspercentage of infested seeds. Pocketing of fruits with organdi mesh was thebest treatment (0.0 and 1.6 % of infestation). The fruits covered with plasticbags showed zero percent of infestation, but these displayed burn spots anda decrease in growth. Dimethoate was the best insecticide treatment (0.75 and5.9 % of damage), followed by cipermetrine (0.8 and 17.83 % of damage).
