Department of Entomology, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani-431 402, India
*Corresponding author's e-mail: dr.ashvini24@gmail.com
Online published on 19 December, 2016.
The investigation was carried out during kharif 2010–2011 and 2011–2012 in order to know the effect of different IPM module on insect pests of soybean. Significantly lower population of (2.54 larvae/mrl) H.armigera, per cent pod damage (4.23%) by H.armigera were observed in MAU module. The minimum larval population of semilooper (3.62 larvae/mrl), S.litura (2.64 larvae/mrl) and per cent leaflet damage (6.71%) due to leaf miner, the minimum per cent defoliation (10.49%) due to defoliators were observed in chemical control followed by MAU module.
Defoliation, Defoliators, Helicoverpa, Integrated pest management, IPM, Semilooper, Spodoptera
