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*0663 Lal, S.S. 1985. A review of insect pests of mungbean and their
control in India. TROPICAL PEST MANAGEMENT, v.31(2):105-114. [En) [En Abst]
(A:PS)
This paper reviews the studies of various insect pests infesting mungbean,
Vigna radiata (L.) Wllczek, in India. A total of 64 species of insects reportec
to attack mungbean in the field have been tabulated. Information on
distribution, biology, ecology, natural enemies, cultural, varietal and
chemical methods of control, etc. of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Genn, leaf
hopper, Empoasca kerri Pruthi, black aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch, Bihar hairy
caterpillar, Diacrisia obliqua (WIK), galerucid beetle, Madurasia obscurella
Jacoby, stem fly, Ophiomyia (Melanagromyza) phaseoli (Tryon), lycaenid borer,
Euchrysops cnezus Fabr, and spotted caterpillar, Maruca testulElis Geyer, is
included. [AS]
*0664 Misra, S.G. ; Gupta, A.K. 1985. Effect of organophosphorus
insecticides on nitrogen metabolism during germination of mung and cowpea.
PESTICIDES, v.19(10):31-33. [En] (REP.MB-2804)
The present study was undertaken to clarify the effect of four
organophosphorus insecticides on soluble and insoluble nitrogen content of the
germinating seeds of mungbean and cowpeas. Seeds of both mungbean and cowpea
were sown in petri dishes containing 50 gms of silica sand and 25 ml aqueous
solution (25, 50 and 100 ppm) of phorate, disulfoton, monocrotohpos and
fensulfothion. Samples were analysed 2, 4, and 6 days after germination.
Synthesis of proteolytic enzymes and their activity is not affected by
organophosphate insecticides used at normal dose. [THH]
*0665 Sinha, S.N. 1985. Field screening of insecticides for seed treatment
of pulses. 1. Green gram (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek). SEED RESEARCH,
v.13(i):120-128. [En] [En Abst] (REP.MB-2784)
Several insecticides and their dosages were evaluated for safe and
effective treatment of seeds of mungbean, Vigna radiata (L) Wilczek during
1980, 1981 and 1982. Carbofuran at a concentration of 0.5% a.i. was found
non-phytotoxic to the seedlings and did not impair germinability of treated
seed under field conditions. It also protected the crop from the incidence of
galerucid beetle, Madurasia obscurella Jacoby for about a fortnight. [AS]
*0666 Vongbuddhapitak, A. ; Thoophom, G. ; Atisook, K. ; Lertruengdej, Y.
1987. Organochlorine residues in mungbean grown in Thailand in 1984.
JOURNAL
THAI
OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, v.20(1):1-10. [En) [En Abst] (A:PS)
Mungbean samples collected from the major growing areas, northern and
northeastern Thailand, were analyzed to study the current situation of
organochlorine insecticide contamination. Acetonitrile/water extraction,
alumina clean up and gas chromatographic quantitation were the main analysis
procedures. DDT, endrin, dieldrin, toxaphene, heptachlor and chlordane were
found in 27, 13, 11, 11, 5 and 1% of the total 101 analyzed samples,
respectively. Almost all of the residues found were at or below the limit of
quantitation which was very low. The level of the residues in mungbean was
within the limit for human consumption based on the US administrative
guidelines or action level. [AS)
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