Pankaj Batham, Pankaj Kumar, Ankur Prakash Verma and Anuj Shakya
Regarding arthropods succession on chickpea, three farmers’ fields of Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (U.P.) area jurisdiction were selected. The population of cutworm and termite initiated at seedling stage while semi looper and pod borer population initiated at vegetative stage to till the harvesting of crop. The cutworm infestation started from the seedling stage (47th SW) to vegetative stage (50th SW). The maximumlarvae of cut worm were observed during 47th SW (1.8 larvae/m2). The termite damage started from 47th SW and continued up to 51th SW. Termite damage fluctuated during the whole crop period. Maximum damage by termite was 1.5 plants/m2 during 48th and 51th SW. The larval population of semi-looper was recorded for the first time on 47th SW and maximum was on 6th, 8th and 12th SW (0.33 larvae/plant). The larval population of H. armigera started from 50thSW and maximum population in these locations were 3.40 larvae/plant during 11th SW.
Fig. 1: Arthropods diversity on chickpea during Rabi, 2017-18