author(s)
GD Hadiya, SD Patel, CB Damor, RG Machhar and RL Chavadhari

abstract
A field experiment was conducted to study the impact of sowing period and variety on damage by pod fly, Melangromyza obtusa in pigeonpea at Agricultural Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Derol, Dist. Panchmahal, Gujarat, India during Kharif, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18 and 2018-19. Results of the study revealed that per cent grain damage due to pod fly at green pod stage was not affected significantly due to sowing of crop in different sowing periods [(24^th, 26^th, 28^th, 31^st and 33^rd Standard Meteorological Week (SMW)], whereas significantly lowest per cent grain damage was observed in Vaishali variety (13.95%) as compared to AGT-2 (18.68%) and BDN-2 (20.69%). In case of per cent grain damage, at harvest pigeonpea crop sown in 24^th SMW (20.05%) recorded significantly lowest damage and it was at par with 26^th SMW (23.01%). At harvest, Vaishali (22.02%) suffered significantly lowest grain damage as compared to AGT-2 (28.26%) and BDN-2 (29.86%). The grain yield of pigeonpea was not influenced significantly due to sowing period and variety.