DR. R.C. JHALABINDU M. K. PANICKAR2017-10-072017-10-072004http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810032499The investigations in cowpea on comparative biology and biometrics of spotted pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) on different host crops (cowpea, green gram, black gram, pigeonpea and Indian bean), population dynamics in relation to weather parameters and field life table of M. vitrata, evaluation of various insecticides for their efficacy against insect pest complex and toxicity to lady bird beetles and residual status of some insecticides on cowpea were carried out during 2001-2003 at Anand Agricultural University, AnandenAgricultural EntomologyStudyThesis