Pod Borer in Gram(Chickpea)

01/11/2019Posted on

Pod borer is a pest that causes heavy damage to chickpea. In fact, this pest is reported to have caused yield loss of up to 21%. The pest is reported to cause about 50 to 60%  damage to the chick pods. Apart from chickpea the pest also attacks pigeon pea, sunflower, cotton, chili, sorghum, groundnut, tomato, and other agricultural and horticultural crops. It is a devastating pest that attacks pulses and oilseeds.

Infestation: The infestation starts usually a fortnight after germination and becomes serious just after the initiation of flower bud coupled with cloudy and humid weather. Females lay several small white eggs. Upon hatching in 3-4 days the caterpillars feed on the leaves for a short time and subsequently attack the pods. A full-grown caterpillar is about 34 mm long, greenish to brownish in color with scattered, short, white hair and buries itself in the soil to make an earthen cell inside which it pupates. The life cycle is completed in about 30-45 days. The pest completes eight generations in a year.

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Management of Gram Pod Borer in Soybean

06/08/2019Posted on
  • For control of adult pests, use pheromone trap @ 3-4/acre.
  • First spray Profenofos 50% EC @ 300 ml/acre + Chlorpyrifos 20% EC @ 500 ml/acre.
  • Second Spray Profenofos 40%EC + Cypermethrin 4 %EC @ 400 ml/acre + Emamatin benzoate 5% SG @ 80-100 gm/acre Or .
  • Third spray Profenofos  300 ml/acre + Flonicamid 50% WG @ 100 gm/acre
  • Fourth spray Chlorantraniliprole 9.3% + Lambda Cyhalothrin 4.6% ZC @ 100 ml/acre or Thiodicarb 75% WP @ 250 gm/acre
  • Spray the Beauveria bassiana @ 1 liter or kg/acre as a biological treatment

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How to Take care of insect pests & diseases at bud initiation stage of mungbean

02/05/2019Posted on
    • Pest and disease control is also important if one wants to achieve high production.
    • The loss in the production caused by pest and diseases may reach up to 70% depending upon the severity of the attack.
    • In the summer season, During bud initiation, mungbean may be infested by pod borer, tobacco caterpillar, etc.
    • Mung bean, just like any other legume crop, it is highly susceptible to diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, and viruses. On different growing stages of leaves, stems and roots symptoms can be seen like yellowing, blight and root rot.
    • For Pest control Monocrotophos 36% SL @ 300 ml/acre, Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG @ 100 gm/acre (for Gram pod borer) and Flubendiamide 20% WG @ 100gm/acre OR  Indoxacarb 14.5% SC @ 160-200ml/acre (for tobacco caterpillar).
    • For Disease control, use carbendazim 50% WP @ 300 gram/acre (for blight) and Thiophenate Methyle 70% WP @ 250-300 gram/acre.

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