author(s)
Sharanprasad Hagargi, Sasya Thakur and Aditya A Patil

abstract
An Experiment was conducted during the period from November 2017 to April 2018 to study 7 intercropping systems with safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) on the incidence of aphid and Helicoverpa armigera at the department of the Entomology field, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture and Technology Science, Allahabad. The study aimed to get the yield advantages and economic gains from the randomized block design including three replication and eight treatments. In this experiment intercropping has been done as treatment; within the base crop of safflower. Eight treatments included in this study viz.; T1 Safflower + Mustard, T2 Safflower + Wheat, T3 Safflower + Chickpea, T4 Safflower + Coriander, T5 Safflower + Lentil, T6 Safflower + Sorghum, T7 Safflower + Neemoil 1% and T8 Sole Safflower. Lowest population of aphids was recorded in Safflower + Mustard and it was followed by Safflower + Wheat, Safflower + Sorghum, Safflower + Coriander, Safflower + Chickpea and Safflower + Lentil. Safflower sole was found with highest population. Lowest population and damage by H. armigera was recorded in Safflower + Mustard and it was followed by Safflower + Wheat, Safflower + Sorghum, Safflower + Coriander, Safflower + Lentil and Safflower + Chickpea. Lowest infected intercrop was mustard followed by wheat, sorghum and highest infection in lentil and chickpea.