Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
U Venkateswarlu, Dr. MSV Chalam, Dr. NC Venkateswarlu, Dr. K Vishwanath, Dr. G Mohan Naidu, Dr. K Manjula and Dr. BL Manisha

Abstract:
A field study on the effect of various intercrops viz., redgram, pearl millet, castor, cowpea, barnyard millet, proso millet, little millet and foxtail millet on the incidence of Spodoptera Litura in groundnut during kharif, 2021was conducted at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Tirupati. The data on larval population per ten randomly selected plants was taken at weekly intervals. The data revealed that the minimum overall mean larval count was recorded in groundnut intercropped with cowpea (1.23 larvae plant^-1) followed by groundnut intercropped with pearl millet (1.43 larvae plant^-1) which were statistically at par. The maximum overall mean larval population was observed in sole groundnut (2.79 larvae plant^-1) followed by groundnut intercropped with castor (2.49 larvae plant^-1) which were found to be statistically at par.