EVALUATION OF NEWER MOLECULES AGAINST POD BORER COMPLEX OF PIGEONPEA (Cajanus cajan (L.) MILLSPAUGH)

S.A. PATEL¹*, B.C. PATEL², P.S. PATEL³, J.B. TRIVEDI^4
1Department of Entomology, C.P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar - 385 506, Gujarat, India.
²Department of Entomology, C.P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar - 385 506, Gujarat, India.
³Department of Entomology, C.P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar - 385 506, Gujarat, India.
⁴Department of Entomology, C.P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar - 385 506, Gujarat, India.
* Corresponding Author : patel.sachin31@gmail.com

Received : 22-07-2015     Accepted : 24-09-2015     Published : 01-11-2015
Volume : 7     Issue : 7       Pages : 587 - 590
Int J Agr Sci 7.7 (2015):587-590

Keywords : Cajanus cajan, pigeonpea, pod borer, insecticides
Academic Editor : Er Mangal Adagounda Patil, Dr Sukesani Sumitra Wane, Aijaz Ahmed Soomro
Conflict of Interest : None declared

The investigation on bio-efficacy of newer insecticides against pod borer complex of pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh) were carried out at Center of Excellence for Research on Pulses, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar during Kharif 2012-13. Among the various insecticides, chlorantraniliprole @ 30 g a.i./ha was the most effective insecticide against gram pod borer and blue butterfly while profenophos 50 EC @ 250 g a.i./ha was the most effective insecticide against tur plume moth. Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 % SC @ 30 g a.i./ha registered the lowest pod damage due to borer and pod fly and recorded the highest yield of pigeonpea.