Ipm modules with short duration pigeonpea against pod infesting pests

Abstract

During kharif 2013-14 and 2014-15 at the Agricultural Research Farm, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, the damage by major pod infesting pests of pigeonpea was assessed, and the cost benefit ratio of IPM modules worked out. The IPM module M4 consisting sequential sprays of indoxacarb+ imidacloprid+ indoxacarb was observed to be the best (cost benefit ratio being 1:3.72 in 2013-14 and 1:3.96 in 2014-15. The next best module was the M3 with sequential sprays of HaNPV + indoxacarb + HaNPV. © 2020, The Entomological Society of India. All rights reserved.