Vol. 12, Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Mallikarjuna S, Rachappa V, AG Sreenivas, Raju G Teggelli, Hanchinal S and Pandit S Rathod

Abstract:
To know the effect of planting dates of chickpea (JG 11 variety) on H. armigera occurrence, three different dates were taken viz., early sowing (15th September), normal sowing (15^th October) and late sowing (15^th November) at ZARS, Kalaburagi, UAS, Raichur, during 2018-19. The results revealed that lowest average larval activity was recorded in normal sown chickpea with 3.15 larvae per 10 plants, followed by late sown crop with average larval density of 3.95 larvae per 10 plants, where as highest mean larval activity was observed in early sown chickpea with 4.32 larvae per 10 plants. Significantly lower total pod damage was recorded in 15^th October sown crop with 32.19 per cent pod damage followed by late sown chickpea with 33.56 per cent pod damage which were on par with each other. Significantly greater total pod damage was recorded in early sown chickpea (45.19%).