%O We wish to thank Dr. S. S. Lateef, Entomologist,
Legumes, ICRISAT for providing
the seed material required in this study.
The senior author is thankful to Indian
Council of Agricultural Research for providing
the senior fellowship during the present
investigation.
%K Heliothis armigera, chickpea.; resistance, antibiosis
%A C P Srivastava
%A R P Srivastava
%I Association for Advancement of Entomology
%V 15
%L icrisat7698
%J Entomon
%N 1-2
%P 89-93
%D 1990
%X Antibiosis in the Cicer arietinum genotypes ICCX-730041, ICC-10613, ICC-10817, ICCL-79048 (low susceptibility), C-235 (moderately susceptible) and K-850, ICC-1403 and IC-3137 (highly susceptible) against Heliothis armigera [Helicoverpa armigera] was studied in the laboratory at 26°C, LD 12:12 and 80% RH. There was a large variation between genotypes in larval survival (77-90%), larval and pupal weight (333-436 and 231-310 mg, resp.), egg viability (55-78.5%), adult longevity (8-10 and 10-12 days for males and females, resp.) and Howe's growth index (0.079-0.099). Larval weight contributed the most to the variation, followed by larval period, pupal weight and pupal period
%T Antibiosis in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) to gram pod borer, Heliothis armigera (Hubner) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) in India