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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad was established on October 1, 1986. The University has 5 Colleges, 27 Research Stations, 6 Agriculture Extension Education Centers, 6 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ATIC. The University has its jurisdiction over 7 districts namely Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttar Kannada in northern Karnataka. Greater diversity exists in soil types, climate, topography cropping and farming situations. The jurisdiction includes dry-farming to heavy rainfall and irrigated area. Important crops of the region include sorghum, cotton, rice, pulses, chilli, sugarcane, groundnut, sunflower, wheat, safflower etc. The region is also known for many horticultural crops. Considerable progress has been registered in the field of education, research and extension from this University.

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    Insect pests of Capsicum annuum var. frutescens (L.) and their management
    (UAS, Dharwad, 2007) T.R.Sunitha; L.Krishna Naik
    The investigations were carried out on, survey of insect pests of capsicum, preparation of checklist of insect pests which occur at different crop growth and the evaluation of organic soil amendments viz., vermicompost and neem cake in the management of pests of capsicum (var. Indra) during rabi 2006 at Main Agricultural Research Station (MARS), University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. The fixed plot survey was made to record the natural incidence of insect pests of capsicum at major capsicum growing areas in and around Dharwad and Belgaum. The survey results revealed the occurrence of cutworm (30 to 40%), aphids (0.00 to 1.60 nymphs and adults/3 leaves), thrips (0.00 to 2.00 nymphs and adults/3 leaves), termites (0 to 20% damage), fruit borer (20.68 to 26.16% damage) and non insect pests viz., mites (0.00 to 2.60 nymphs and adults/3 leaves) and snails (20% damage) as major pests in the main field. The insect and non insect pests infesting capsicum crop were snails (20% damage), cut worm (20 to 30% damage), termites (40% damage) and ants (30% damage) at nursery stage and aphids (1.20 to 1.60 nymphs and adults/3 leaves), thrips (0.60 to 2.30 nymphs and adults/3 leaves), mites (0.00 to 1.20 nymphs and adults/3 leaves) and fruit borer (12.50% damage) were the major pests during vegetative phase till harvest in main field. Application of vermicompost @ 2500 kg/ha recorded significantly less population of aphids, thrips, mites, fruit borer and had positive effects on vegetative growth and yield parameters being comparable to the standard check RDF + RPP. Application of organics was found quite safe to coccinellid predatory beetle (Menochilus sexmaculatus) found on the crop during experimentation.