Insect pest of gram

Ehtisham Ali Hussain
University College Of Agriculture,
University Of Sargodha, Sargodha
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1. TOPIC: INSECT PESTS OF GRAM Ehtisham Ali Hussain BAGF15E258 University College Of Agriculture, University Of Sargodha, Sargodha

2. CONTENTS Taxonomy Distribution Pest status Identification Life cycle Damages Control

3. (Chickpea )Chana Producing Countries Countries Million Tonnes 1. India 5.70 2. Turkey 0.61 3. Pakistan 0.40

4. GRAM CUTWORM Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Arthropoda Class : Insecta Order : Lepidoptera Family : Noctuidae Genus : Agrotis Species: flammatra

5. DISTRIBUTION Pakistan India Australia New Zealand Absent from some tropical regions and cold areas

6. PEST STATUS Minor Restricted Regular

7. HOST RANGE Cereal Pulses Grasses No of weed sp

8. IDENTIFICATION: EGGS: Yellowish white

9. LARVAE: Dark grey in colour

10. ADULT: Heavy bodied Grayish-brown or wheat colour

11. LIFE CYCLE: The pest is active from October to April The moths appear in October and lay upto 900 eggs on the under surface of leaves, shoots,steams or in soil. The eggs hatch in o ne week during summer and in two weeks during winter

12. LIFE CYCLE: LARVAE Full grown in 4 to 7 weeks PUPATE for two weeks in the soil. The life cycle is completed in 7-11 weeks T here are generally two Generations in year

13. DAMAGE: The caterpillars come out from their breeding places at night and become active. Cutting down the young plant of gram, vegetables seedlings etc. Just above or slightly below the surface of soil. The cutaway gram seedlings in the field are indication of its attack

14. CONTROL: ETL: 2 larvae /meter row Cultural control : Hand hoeing Clean cultivation should be done The bait is placed in small heap in the infested field in the evening Mechanical control: Trapping the moths by light traps Hand picking

15. CONTROL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: The pest is control by insect predators CHEMICAL CONTROL: Spray CYPERMETHRIN+MONOCROTOPHOS EC 500ml/acre It is also control by using poisoned BRAN MASH

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