Development of integrated pest management on strategies against Helicoverpa arrnigera Hubner on chickpeaMSuganthyauthorA field experiment entitled "Development of Integrated Pest Management strategies against Helicoverpn nrmigera Hubner on Chickpen" was conducted during post-rainy season, 1998-99, at International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh to assess the relative efficacy of a neem product (AZA) 0.006 per cent, HNPV @ 250LE ha.', erecting bird perches, endosulfan 0.07 per cent and the combination of the above said four treatments (IPM) on the ovipositional preference of fi. armigera and against the small (first and second instar), medium (third and fourth instar) and large (fifth and sixth instar) sized larvae of H, urnligrra on chickpea. Apart from these studies, the treatmental effects on the soil inhabiting and aerial natural enemies were evaluated. The seasonal incidence of ff. ar~f~igereugg s, larvae and moths were also studied....Chickpea1999Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University;Department of EntomologyThesis