Vegetable Science
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue: 2

Effect of intercropping on infestation of shoot and fruit borer (Earias vittella. Fab) on okra

  • Author:
  • H K Gautam1, N N Singh1, A B Rai2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 68 to 70

1Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221005, India

2Division of crop protection, Indian Institute of Vegetable Science, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221305, India

Online published on 8 July, 2016.

Abstract

An experiment was conducted at Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi (India) Research field during Kharif season of 2007 and 2008 to know the infestation of shoot and fruit borer, Earias vittella (Fab.). The okra crop grown in mix crop with cowpea, moong, marigold and sole okra. The maximum infestation of shoot and fruit borer was observed on okra followed by okra + moong whereas minimum on okra + marigold followed by okra + cowpea.

Keywords

Intercropping, infestation, okra, shoot and fruit borer