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KORYTKOWSKI, C., and M. TORRES. 1966.
I n s e c t damaging c u l t u r e s o f pigeonpea
(Cajanus c a j a n ) i n P e r u . Revta P e r u .
E n t . A g r i c . 9 : 3 - 9 . 648
The pod b o r e r Elasmopalpus r u b e d i n e l l u s
( Z e l l . ) Anaylostomia stercorea ( Z e l l ) and
Heliothis viresoens (F) a r e s e r i o u s pests
a t t a c k i n g t h i s crop i n P e r u . There are
f o u r t e e n p e s t s r e p o r t e d which a t t a c k t h e
pigeonpea crop and y i e l d l o s s e s in some
years a r e q u i t e h i g h .
KUPPUSWAMY, S . , and T.R. SUBRAMANIAN. 1976.
S t u d i e s on t h e i m p r e g n a t i o n of gunny bags
w i t h c e r t a i n organophosphorus i n s e c t i c i d e s .
B u l l . G r a i n T e c h n o l . 1 4 ( l ) : 4 5 - 5 0 . 649
Of f o u r i n s e c t i c i d e s t e s t e d a g a i n s t Calloeobruohue
ohinensis i n c i d e n c e on red gram
(Cajanus c a j a n ) seeds in gunny bags d u r i n g
s t o r a g e f o r 4 months t h e s p r a y i n g of phoxim
on one s i d e of gunny bags was the b e s t in
terms o f pest m o r t a l i t y and p r e v e n t i o n o f
p e n e t r a t i o n b y b e e t l e s .
LATEEF, S.S. 1977.
A new hymenopteran p e s t Taraostigmodes s p .
(Hymenoptera: Taraostigmodae) recorded on
pigeonpea (Cajanus c a j a n ( L . ) M i l l s p . ) a t
ICRISAT, Hyderabad, I n d i a . T r o p . G r a i n
Legume B u l l . 7 : 6 . 650
Taraostigmodes s p . , a new i n s e c t pest of
pigeonpea, i s d e s c r i b e d .
LAURENCE, G.A. 1 9 7 1 .
I n s e c t pests o f pigeonpea and t h e i r c o n ­
t r o l . J . A g r i c . Soc. T r i n . 7 1 ( 4 ) :
501-504. 651
B r i e f notes a r e p r e s e n t e d on t h e morphology
of and damage caused by v a r i o u s i n s e c t
p e s t s i n f e c t i n g pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan)
in T r i n i d a d and Tobago. Among t h e most
i m p o r t a n t i n s e c t s a r e the green l e a f hopper
(Empoasca fabilie), b l a c k aphid {Aphis
oraooivora), t h e b e e t l e Oncideres amputator,
t h e p h y c i t i d Ancylostomia s t e r c o r e a ,
and t h e s p i d e r m i t e Tetranychus s p p .
C o n t r o l measures a r e b r i e f l y o u t l i n e d .
MOHAMED HANIFA, A . , G. BALASUBRAMANIAN, and
A. LEELA DAVID. 1974.
G r a n u l a r i n s e c t i c i d e s f o r t h e c o n t r o l o f
pod b o r e r s i n r e d gram. Madras A g r i c . J .
6 1 ( 1 0 - 1 2 ) : 9 7 0 - 9 7 2 . 652
Two f i e l d t r i a l s were conducted i n I n d i a
t o e v a l u a t e t h e e f f e c t o f s e v e r a l s o i l -
a p p l i e d g r a n u l a r i n s e c t i c i d e s o n b o r e r
a t t a c k in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) . The
r e s u l t s suggest t h a t g r a n u l a r mephosfolan
(10%), d i s u l f o t o n (5%) and bux (10%) can be
s a f e l y adopted f o r package programs f o r r e d
gram p r o d u c t i o n .
MOHAMED HANIFA, A . , G. BALASUBRAMANIAN,
R . J . RABINDRA, T. SURULIVELU, and
P.P. VASUDEVA MENON. 1977.
Comparative e f f i c a c y o f d u s t , s p r a y , and
g r a n u l a r f o r m u l a t i o n s o f i n s e c t i c i d e s i n
c o n t r o l l i n g the pod b o r e r s of red gram
(C. oajan). I n d i a n J . P 1 . P r o t . 5 ( 1 ) :
8 3 - 8 6 . 653
Two f i e l d experiments were conducted to
study t h e comparative e f f i c a c y o f c e r t a i n
g r a n u l a r , s p r a y , and dust f o r m u l a t i o n s i n
c o n t r o l l i n g the pod b o r e r s of red gram
c v S A - 1 . S o i l a p p l i c a t i o n o f a l d i c a r b
g r a n u l e s (once) 45 days a f t e r sowing at
1.25 kg a i / h a or s p r a y i n g of c h l o r p h e n a m i -
d i n e 0 . 1 % or d u s t i n g of c a r b a r y l + BHC
( S e v i d o l ) , carbophenothion and t r i c h l o r p h o n
at 1 kg a i / h a t w i c e at 15 days i n t e r v a l
from t h e p o d - f o r m a t i o n stage i n c r e a s e d t h e
y i e l d of red gram and c o n s i d e r a b l y reduced
the pod b o r e r damage.
MOHAMED SHERIFF, N . , and C.K. RAJAGOPALAN.
1 9 7 1 .
A comparative study of the i n t e n s i t y of
i n f e s t a t i o n of the pod f l y , Melanagromyza
(Agromyza) obtusa M a l l o c h on d i f f e r e n t
v a r i e t i e s of red gram (Cajanus c a j a n (Linn.).
Madras A g r i c . J . 5 8 ( 1 1 ) : 8 4 2 - 8 4 3 . 654
I n f e s t a t i o n was severe d u r i n g the month of
November i n t h i s t r a c t . Late v a r i e t i e s
g e n e r a l l y escaped i n f e s t a t i o n . Maximum
i n f e s t a t i o n of pods and g r a i n s was 38.6%
i n No. 1 1 4 1 , a n e a r l y m a t u r i n g v a r i e t y ;
i n l a t e v a r i e t i e s i t ranged from 2.5% t o
19.5%.
ODAK, S . C . , B.V. DESHPANDE, and
S.V. DHAMDHERE. 1968.
Estimate of t h e damage caused by the plume
moth (Exelaatie atomosa W.) and pod f l y
(Melanagromyza obtusa M.) to t u r . J. C o l l .
A g r i c , Gwalior 8 : 1 - 3 . 655
S t u d i e s a t Gwalior ( M . P . , I n d i a ) d u r i n g
1965-66 w i t h 10 v a r i e t i e s of pigeonpea
( T y p e s - 1 , - 8 7 , - 1 1 4 , - 1 5 7 , - 1 7 6 , G w a l i o r 3 ,
A l t a i r , Khargone-2, Hyderabad and Pusa)
i n d i c a t e d t h a t Type T-87 recorded no i n f e s ­
t a t i o n by plume moths b u t had maximum l o s s
i n w e i g h t o f g r a i n s due t o p o d f l y . H i g h e s t
l o s s e s due to these two pests were 6.7 and
7.8 p e r c e n t of seed w e i g h t and t h e r e was no
apparent r e l a t i o n s h i p s w i t h l a r v a l p o p u l a ­
t i o n s , p o s s i b l y due t o t h e i n t e r a c t i o n b y
v a r y i n g ' l e v e l s o f h o s t r e s i s t a n c e .