What are the major insect pests of chickpea?

Pests

  • Beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua.
  • Chickpea leafminer Liriomyza cicerina.
  • Cowpea aphid (Black aphid) Aphis craccivora.
  • Cutworms (Black cutworm, Winter cutworm) Agrotis ipsilon. Agrotis segetum.
  • Pod borers (Cotton bollworm, Australian bollworm) Helicoverpa armigera. Helicoverpa punctigera.

How do you get rid of bugs in chickpeas?

Freeze and kill it: It is advised to keep packets of spices and flour in the freezer for four days as soon as you have bought it. You can do this to flour, oats, cookies, corn meal, and spices. This will kill all the larvae and eggs (if) present inside the packet and will stop further infestation.

Is a major pest of chickpea?

Among the insect-pests, pod borer is the most severe yield reducer throughout India, while the bruchids cause severe damage in storage. The diagnostic symptoms of these diseases and insect-pests and their control measures are as follows.

How do you control borer pods?

— Use of pheromone traps at 4-5 traps/ha. Spraying neem seed kernel. Extract 5 per cent in the early stage. — If the infestation is severe, new insecticide molecules like 0.3 ml indoxacarb 14.5 SC or 0.1 ml spinosad 45 SC or 0.75ml Navaluron 10 EC or 2.5ml chlorpyriphos 20 EC can be applied.

How do you control Spodoptera Litura?

litura can also be controlled by putting jaggery and rice bran baits. This is prepared by dissolving 6.25 kg jaggery in 12.5 litres of water and adding to this emamectin benzoate 5 SG 200 ml. To this 25 kg rice bran is slowly added by mixing it thoroughly with a smooth stick so that the bait is made into small balls.

What is the difference between abamectin and emamectin?

Abamectin is used primarily to control mites, and emamectin benzoate is used to control lepidopterian species in vegetable, cotton, and tobacco.

What is leaf folder?

Leaf folders are caterpillars of a moth. The caterpillars roll leaves around their bodies and feed inside the tube. The feeding creates a see-through or transparent area on the leaf. They feed inside the folded leaf creating longitudinal white and transparent streaks on the blade. The caterpillars are yellow to green.