Field efficacy of newer insecticides against Helicoverpa armigera Hübner in Chick pea (Cicer arietinum L.)

Field efficacy of nine insecticides viz. chlorantraniliprole 18.5 SC @ 0.4 ml l⁻¹, indoxacarb 15.8 EC @ ml l⁻¹, fipronil 5% SC @ 2.0 ml l⁻¹, flubendiamide 480 SC @ 0.15 ml l⁻¹, bifenthrin 10 EC @ ml l⁻¹, azadirachtin 10000 ppm @ 1.0 ml l⁻¹, HaNPV 0.43% AS @ 1.0 ml l⁻¹, novaluron 10 EC @ 1.0 ml l⁻¹ and spinosad 2.5 SC @ 0.3 ml l⁻¹ were evaluated against gram pod borer. All the treatments were applied twice: the first at 50% flowering stage and second was repeated after 15 days. The results revealed that the minimum overall larval population (1.32 larvae/plant), pod (1.3%) and grain (1.0%) damage, and higher yield (10.67 q/ha) was recorded in the plots treated with indoxacarb 15.8 EC @ 0.5 ml/liter of water and was followed by flubendiamide 480 SC @ 0.15 ml/liter of water with 1.68 larvae/plant, 2.0 and 1.6% pod and grain damage, and 10.50 quintal of grain yield/hectare.