Legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata, has emerged as a major pest on food legumes in Asia
and Africa. It is an oligophagous pest, feeding on over 70 species in Fabaceae. We examine …

Crop loss to the turn of 30% in plants caused due to the insect pests infesting several crop
plants. The use of chemical insecticides and pesticides in crop protection deteriotes soil …

Spotted pod borer is one of the major biotic constraint for pulses production which can cause
damage to the economic plant parts such as flower buds, flowers and pods. The larvae …

Studies on the efficacy of insecticides against H. armigera were conducted under field
conditions of Haryana. Eight different treatments including control viz, novaluron 10EC …

A field experiment was conducted during kharif 2021 at Central Research Farm, SHUATS
(Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences), Prayagraj, Uttar …

A local strain DOR Bt-1 belonging to Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Bt. k) was multiplied
through solid state fermentation and the resulting technical powder was milled and sieved to …

An experiment was conducted in Rabi season during 2014-2015 study the relative efficacy
of different among all the treatments lowest number of gram pod borer was recorded in …

This study aims to confirm the potential of bio-pesticide application under field conditions in
combination with chemical pesticides against the pest moth Maruca vitrata on yard-long …

Pigeonpea, an important legume crop, suffers major productivity loss due to Maruca vitrata
(spotted pod borer) infestation. The present investigation was carried out to identify the …

The chickpea pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner), a serious insect pest of pulses, has
developed resistance to many groups of insecticides all over the world. The …