Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

The field experiment was conducted during rainy season of 2004 and 2005 at the Agricultural Research Farm, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India to study of evaluation of efficacy of ecofriendly biopesticides (botanical and microbial) against gram pod borer and legume pod borer. Among all, T₁₅ (control) was least effective whereas T6 (two sprays of NSKE) was very effective in reducing pest population of gram pod borer. In case of legume pod borer, the T6 (two sprays of NSKE) was highly effective and T₁₅ (control) was least effective. Among all the treatments tested, T₃, T₁ and T₇; T₁, T₇ and T₂; T₄, T₁₀, T₁₂, T₉ and T₁₃; T₁₂, T₉, T₁₃ and T₅ and T₅, T₁₁, T₈, T₁₄ and T₆ were found to be at par among themselves within their respective groups against legume pod borer.