Annals of Plant Protection Sciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue: 1

Estimation of economic decision levels of aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) on Fenugreek, Trigonella foenum graecum Linn.

  • Author:
  • K.C. Naga, K.C. Kumawat
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 37 to 42

Department of Agril. Zoology and Entomology, S.K.N. College of Agriculture (SKRAU), Jobner, Jaipur (Raj)-303 329, India

Online published on 2 April, 2015.

Abstract

Economic decisions levels are indispensable because they indicate the time at which action is to be taken in any given pest situation. The aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum population and seed yield of fenugreek had a significant inverse correlation (r = -0.94). The gain threshold and EIL was found to be 94.72 kg ha−1 and 9.48 aphids/central shoot, respectively, whereas, the ETL was found to be 5.18 aphids/central shoot at the current market prices.

Keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum, Economic decisions levels, Trigonella foenum/graecum