PESTS SUCCESSION AND MANAGEMENT OF MAJOR INSECT PEST S IN FENNEL ( Foeni culum vulgare L.)
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2020
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND
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The present investigations on insect pests succession, effect of intercropping, varietal susceptibility, impact of sowing periods and methods, efficacy of biopesticides and chemical insecticides were made at Entomology farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during rabi season of three consecutive years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
During the course of study, five different insect pests viz., thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood; cow bug, Oxyrachis spp., gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) Hardwick; aphid, Hyadaphis coriandri Das and seed midge, Systole albipenis Walker were recorded on fennel at various stages of the crop.