International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 3

Helicoverpa armigera and its natural enemy complex-A case study in pigeon pea ecosystem

  • Author:
  • R. Mahendra1,, C.S. Jagadeesh Babu2, Umeshkumar Sanjeev1, D.T. Santosh3, N. Shashidhara4
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 193 to 194

1Biosystematics Laboratory, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects (NBAII), Bangaluru, India.

2AICRP on Pigeon pea, ZARS, University of Agricultural Science, GKVK, Bangaluru, India.

3Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur, India

4AICRP on Sunflower, ZARS, University of Agricultural Science, GKVK, Bangaluru, India.

*E-mail: r.mahendra14@yahoo.in.

Online published on 5 April, 2012.

Abstract

The natural enemies of H. armigera recorded during the experiment period in pigeon pea ecosystem at the Department of Entomology and Zonal Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore during Kharif 2005–06. The experiment site is situated in Southeastern dry zone of Karnataka state and has semi arid climate. The station is located at an altitude of 920 mts above MSL and latitude 12.97° N, longitude of 77.56° E.

Keywords

Helicoverpa armigera, Natural enemy and Pigeon pea