TY  - JOUR
N2  - In on-farm field trials in the 1995 and 1996 rainy seasons in the Sonipat District, Haryana, Cajanus cajan was sown in the first week of May, mid-May or mid-June and pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera) infestation was recorded on 10 randomly selected plants at each sowing. Averaged over the 2 years pod borer damage was 6.5, 25 and 38% for the 3 sowing dates, respectively. Grain yield decreased with delay in sowing from 1.6 t/ha with early sowing to 1.0 t/ha with late sowing in mid-June. It was concluded that sowing C. cajan early is an important management strategy to control pod borer in C. cajan.
AV  - public
A1  - Dahiya, S S
A1  - Chauhan, Y S
A1  - Johansen, C
A1  - Shanower, T G
TI  - Adjusting Pigeonpea Sowing Time to Manage Pod Borer Infestation
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/2995/
JF  - International Chickpea Newsletter
SP  - 44
Y1  - 1999///
ID  - icrisat2995
EP  - 45
SN  - 0257-2508
VL  - 6
PB  - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
ER  -