1Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association, P O Box 22241, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2Jimma University, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Department of Horticulture and Plant Sciences; P O Box 307, Jimma, Ethiopia
Holetta Agricultural Research Center, P O Box 31, Holetta, Ethiopia
*Email: grmn2007@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online Published on 16 May, 2022.
Field pea Pisum sativum L. is an important legume crop in Ethiopia and insect pests are the major constraints in its production. Amongst these pea weevil Bruchus pisorum L. is important. This study evaluates the effects of lambda cyhalothrin (Karate 50EC), chlorantraniliprole (Coragen 200SC) and carbaryl (Sevin 85WP) under field conditions at the Holetta Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia. The insecticides were applied at flowering, pod setting and both at flowering and pod setting stages, using the susceptible variety ‘Burkitu’ in randomized complete block design. The results revealed that there was no significant difference among the treatments. Similarly, insecticide application frequency and crop phenology had no effect on the incidence of egg and larvae in field, and on adult emergence under storage conditions.
Pisum sativum, Bruchus pisorum, Lambda cyhalothrin (Karate 50EC), Chlorantraniliprole (Coragen 200SC) and carbaryl (Sevin 85WP), Crop phenology, Flowering, Pod setting, Egg, Larva, Adult
