For a large percentage of the world's population, wheat is an essential cereal crop and their main food supply. Various insect pests also provide a challenge to its production. One of the most destructive aphid pests in wheat-growing regions is the Russian wheat aphid, Diuraphis noxia. Three replications and a randomized complete block design were used to set up the experiment. Prior to sowing, the wheat seed was treated with three chemical pesticides and botanical seed treatments. The results showed that the total number of Russian wheat aphid nymphs and adults per leaf, plant, panicle seeds/plant, panicle length, plant height, number of tillers per plant, date of Russian wheat aphid observation, date of 50% flowering, and date of maturity were all significantly (P≤0.05) different from the untreated check. These tests demonstrated that at the vegetative stage, there was a low number of aphids in the treatment plots recorded, but in the untreated control, a significant number of aphids was recorded. Gaucho Evo FS 275, Gaucho Flexx FS 600, and Pro Seed plus 63 WS all those chemical seed treatments control the Russian wheat aphids from wheat when compared to treatments.
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