* Agricultural Polytechnique, Pondicherry.
‡Department of Entomology, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003.
§Department of Entomology, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003.
$Department of Entomology, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003.
Two field experiments were conducted to study the comparative efficacy of certain granular, spray and dust formulations in controlling the podborers of redgram (SA 1). The results indicated that soil application of aldicarb granules (once) 45 days after sowing at 1.25 kg ai ha or spraying of chlorphenamidine (Fundal) 0.1% or dusting of carbaryl + BHC (Sevidol), carbophenothion and trichlorphon at 1 kg ai ha redgram twice at 15 days interval from the pod formation stage increased the yield of and considerably reduced the podborar damage.
