Seasonal abundance of major sucking insect pests of pigeonpea and their natural enemies in Northern dry zone of Karnataka

Lingaraju, G.H. and Biradar, A.P. (2015) Seasonal abundance of major sucking insect pests of pigeonpea and their natural enemies in Northern dry zone of Karnataka. Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 28 (2). pp. 274-276.

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Abstract

Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is an important pulse crop in the semi-arid tropics and subtropical farming systems. It is mainly used as ‘dal’. It is rich in iron, iodine and the essential amino-acids like lycine, cystine and arginine. India is the center of origin for pigeonpea. In India, the area under pigeonpea was 4.04 million hectares with the production of 2.65 million tonnes and productivity 656 kg per hectare (Anon., 2012). Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Bihar are the major pigeonpea growing states of our country. Karnataka ranks second in area (0.77 million ha) and production (0.36 million tonnes) with a productivity of 466 kg per ha (Anon., 2012). It is being grown as a sole crop as well as intercrop in Gulbarga, Bidar, Raichur, Vijayapur and Koppal districts of Karnataka.

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Vijayapur - 586 101
Subjects: Plant Protection
Divisions: Pigeonpea
Depositing User: Mr B Krishnamurthy
Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2015 10:54
Last Modified: 06 Oct 2015 10:54
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/13938

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