Department of Agricultural Entomology, Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani-431 402, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding authors's E-mail ravithesun.m@gmail.com
**Part of the approved M.Sc. (Agri.) dissertation submitted by senior author to Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani.
Afield experiment reaveled that the number of seeds/umbel (1362 seeds/umbel) was higher in the treatment Bee-Q (15 g/lit) as against 1098 and 876 seeds/umbel in open pollination without spray and PWI respectively which resulted in increase of 19.38 and 35.68 over open pollination without spray and PWI respectively. Lowest percent crinkled seeds 10.32 was in Bee-Q 15 g/lit as against 14.63 and 24.10 in open pollination without spray and PWI, respectively. Higher test weight of 7.08 g in Bee-Q 15 g/lit against 5.43 and 4.81 in the open pollination without any spray and PWI, respectively. The crop sprayed with Bee-Q 15 g/lit recorded highest yield of 83.29 g/five plants, as against 65.24 and 46.71 g/five plants in pollen pollination without spray and PWI, respectively. Thus there were 21.67 and 43.7 percent increase over open pollination without spray and PWI, respectively. Yield per hectare was highest in Bee-Q (15 g/lit) i.e. 193.04 kg/ha as against 98.42 and 84.63 kg/ha in open pollination without spray and PWI, respectively. Thus there were 49.00 and 56.15 percent increase over open pollination without spray and PWI, respectively.
