1Department of Entomology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut-250 110, Uttar Pradesh, India
2School of Agricultural Sciences, Raffles University, Neemrana-301 706, Rajasthan, India
3Department of Entomology, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner-334 006, Rajasthan, India
4Department of Entomology, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Samastipur-848 125, Bihar, India
*Corresponding Author: Abhishek Yadav, Department of Entomology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut-250 110, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email: abhicoa2@gmail.com
Online published on 19 November, 2024.
Blackgram (Vigna mungo L.) is an important pulse crop occupying a unique position in Indian agriculture and it stands fourth in area and production among the pulses. The popularity of this pulse is due to its nutritional and industrial values. Blackgram crop is attacked by a number of insect pests from sowing to harvest in the field as well as in storage condition. Among these insectspests pod borers i.e. spotted pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Geyer) and gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) are serious insect-pests of black gram causing seed and pod damage. Therefore, keeping these views in mind, the present study was conducted.
Present investigations were carried out during Kharif season of 2018 and 2019 to identify the resistant cultivars that are less susceptible to spotted pod borer and gram pod borer in black gram.
Fifteen black gram genotypes were screened against pod borers i.e.M. vitrata and H. armigera. When the data of both years were pooled, the two genotypes viz., KU-99-05 and Azad Urd-1 were found with minimum pod infestation of 7.67 and 9.67 per cent, respectively and categorized as resistant (R) against M. vitrata. The four genotypes KU-99-05, Azad Urd-1, Shekhar-2 and PU-6 were classified as resistant (R) against H. armigera with minimum pod infestation of 5.83, 6.17, 8.50 and 9.83 per cent, respectively during both the consecutive seasons (Kharif, 2018 and 2019).
Black gram, Genotypes, Helicoverpa armigera, Maruca vitrata, Pod damage, Screening
