%0 Conference Paper %A Gowda, C L L %A Lateef, S S %A Smithson, J B %A Reed, W %B National Seminar on Breeding crop Plants For Resistance to Pests and Diseases %C Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore %D 1983 %F icrisat:4319 %P 36-38 %T Breeding for resistance, to Heliothis armigera in chickpea %U http://oar.icrisat.org/4319/ %X Chickpea (Cicer ariethtim L) is a mandate crop of International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT). The crop has fewer pest problems khan other legumes, Heliothis arimgtra is the major past in most chickpea growing areas and is polyphagous attacking many crop species.