@article{icrisat7701, title = {Estimation of avoidable loss in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) due to gram-pod borer (Heliothis armigera) in Rajasthan}, publisher = {Indian Council of Agricultural Research}, year = {1990}, author = {C P Srivastava and R P Srivastava}, pages = {494--496}, volume = {60}, note = {We wish to thank Mr A S Rana for providing land on his farm. The first author is thankful also to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, for providing the senior fellowship during this investigation.}, journal = {Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences}, number = {7}, url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/7701/}, abstract = {In field studies conducted in Rajasthan, India the mean pod damage to chickpeas (Cicer arietinum) caused by Heliothis armigera [Helicoverpa armigera] in protected and unprotected plots was 0.9 and 5.9\%, resp., in 1984, and 1.0 and 6.4\%, resp., in 1985. The loss in grain yield in the unprotected plot compared to the protected plot was 115 kg/ha (avoidable loss = 16.7\%) in 1984, and 128 kg/ha (avoidable loss = 18\%) in 1985} }