Abstract

An experiment was conducted at Centre of Excellence for Research on Pulses, S. D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar during kharif 2012–13 and 2013–14 for knowing the impact of certain botanicals in comparison to insecticide indoxacarb. The experiment was conducted in randomized block design having three replications and eight treatments. Spays were given at 50% flowering stage and then at 15 days interval. The results showed that both in individual years as well as in pooled data, three sprays of indoxacarb 15.8 EC @ 0.5 ml/l of water gave maximum control of pod borers (10.17%) and pod fly (5.84%) with maximum grain yield (2144.17 kg/ha) but was at par with neem soap @ 10 g/l followed by two sprays of indoxacarb @ 0.5 ml/l for pod borers damage (11.0%) and pod fly (6.50%) damage with a grain yield (2100.0 kg/ha).