%C Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore %A C L L Gowda %A S S Lateef %A J B Smithson %A W Reed %P 36-38 %D 1983 %L icrisat4319 %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. %T Breeding for resistance, to Heliothis armigera in chickpea