Pigeonpea and Chickpea Insect Identification Handbook - Agropedia

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L e g u m e ( C o w p e a ) P o d B o r e r 7 0 P l u m e M o t h s 7 3 L i m a B e a n P o d B o r e r 7 4 P o d f l i e s 7 7 P o d W a s p 7 8 B r u c h i d s 8 1 Chickpea Pests Attacking Roots/Stems N o d u l e - d a m a g i n g Flies 8 5 S i t o n a W e e v i l s 8 6 T e r m i t e s 8 9 S o i l B e e t l e s 9 0 C u t w o r m s 9 3 Pests of Foliage and Pods A p h i d s 9 4 L e a f m i n e r s 9 6 A r m y w o r m 9 8 P o d B o r e r s 101 S e m i l o o p e r 105 Pests of Stored Seeds B r u c h i d s 106 Other Animal Pests of Pigeonpea a n d Chickpea B i r d s 1 0 9 R o d e n t s 109 Beneficial Insects P o l l i n a t o r s 110 N a t u r a l E n e m i e s 113 P r e d a t o r s 113 P a r a s i t o i d s 116 I n s e c t D i s e a s e s 119
Authors' Note T h i s h a n d b o o k h a s b e e n p u b l i s h e d t o h e l p a g r i c u l t u r a l s c i e n t i s t s a n d s t u d e n t s t o i d e n t i f y t h e c o m m o n insect a n d o t h e r a n i m a l p e s t s o f p i g e o n p e a a n d c h i c k p e a . A n u m b e r o f i n s e c t s f o u n d o n t h e s e c r o p s a r e n o t p e s t s a n d m a n y are e v e n b e n e f i c i a l , b e c a u s e t h e y f e e d u p o n t h e p e s t s p e c i e s . I l l u s t r a t i o n s of a f e w of t h e s e b e n e f i c i a l i n s e c t s a r e g i v e n h e r e , t o e m p h a s i z e t h a t i t i s i m p o r t a n t t o first d e t e r m i n e t h e r o l e o f i n s e c t s f o u n d o n o u r c r o p s r a t h e r t h a n a s s u m i n g t h a t all i n s e c t s a r e h a r m f u l a n d s o m u s t b e e l i m i n a t e d ! Brief d e s c r i p t i o n s o f t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d b i o l o g y o f t h e p e s t s are g i v e n , t o g e t h e r w i t h s u g g e s t i o n s f o r c o n t r o l m e a s u r e s , w h e r e a p p r o p r i a t e . C h e m i c a l c o n t r o l s h o u l d o n l y b e u s e d w h e r e e s s e n t i a l a n d p r e f e r a b l y w i t h t h e a d v i c e o f a p l a n t p r o t e c t i o n s p e c i a l i s t . I t i s n o t e a s y t o i d e n t i f y i n s e c t s , p a r - t i c u l a r l y f r o m p h o t o g r a p h s . O u r r e a d e r s a r e t h e r e f o r e r e c o m m e n d e d t o c o l l e c t a n d p r e s e r v e i n s e c t s f o u n d o n t h e i r c r o p s , a n d t o seek h e l p f r o m p r o f e s s i o n a l e n t o m o l o - g i s t s t o i d e n t i f y t h e m a n d t o m a i n t a i n s p e c i m e n c o l l e c t i o n s f o r f u t u r e r e f e r e n c e . Acknowledgement T h e a u t h o r s g r a t e f u l l y a c k n o w l e d g e v a l u a b l e a s s i s t a n c e f r o m s e v e r a l c o l l e a g u e s a t I C R I S A T a n d f r o m t h e C o m - m o n w e a l t h I n s t i t u t e o f E n t o m o l o g y , U K .
Page 2 and 3: Abstract R e e d , W., Lateef, S.S.
Page 4 and 5: Credits Editing: V. S a d h a n a D
Page 8 and 9: Pigeonpea Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan
Page 10 and 11: 3 4 8
Page 12 and 13: Pests Attacking Roots N o d u l e -
Page 14 and 15: 8 9 12
Page 16 and 17: Pests of S tem Jewel Beetles Spheno
Page 18 and 19: 12 13 Figure 12. Seedlings damaged
Page 20 and 21: S t e m Flies Ophiomyia phaseoli (
Page 22 and 23: 15 16 17 20
Page 24 and 25: Scale Insects Ceroplastodes cajani
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Page 28 and 29: A p h i d s Aphis craccivora K o c
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Page 32 and 33: R e d Spider Mites Schizotetranychu
Page 34 and 35: 28 Figure 28. Symptoms of yellow mo
Page 36 and 37: B u d - s u c k i n g Bugs Campylom
Page 38 and 39: 30 31 Figure 30. Leaflets damaged b
Page 40 and 41: G r a s s h o p p e r s a n d L o c
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Page 44 and 45: O t h e r Leaf- a n d F l o w e r -
Page 46 and 47: 38 39 40 41 Figure 38. Moths of (L
Page 48 and 49: Leaf W e b b e r s Grapholita (Cydi
Page 50 and 51: 44 Figure 44. Caloptilia soyella la
Page 52 and 53: Pests of Flowers and Pods T h r i p
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B u d Weevils Indozocladius ( C e u
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50 Figure 50. A p i o n b e n i g n
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P o d - s u c k i n g B u g s Anopl
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55 56 57 60
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P o d Borers Helicoverpa (Heliothis
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62 63 64 Figure 62. H. armigera dam
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L a b l a b P o d Borers Adisura at
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67 68a 68b Figure 67. Lampides boet
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L e g u m e ( c o w p e a ) P o d B
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72 73 Figure 72. Larva (green) and
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Lima B e a n P o d Borer Etiella zi
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76 77 78 79 80 Figure 76. Female fl
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P o d W a s p Tanaostigmodes cajani
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83 84 Figure 83. C a l l o s o b r
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Chickpea C h i c k p e a (Cicer ari
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88 89 Figure 88. Nodules containing
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Sitona Weevils Sitona macularius (
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91 Figure 91. Damage caused by Micr
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Soil Beetles Gonocephalum s p p ( F
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93 94 95 Figure 93. Seedling damage
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Pests of Foliage and Pods A p h i d
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99 L e a f m i n e r s Liriomyza ci
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A r m y w o r m Spodoptera exigua (
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Figure 102. Species of Helicoverpa
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c o m p l e t e d in as little as 4
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106 Figure 106. Semilooper damage t
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Pests of Stored Seeds Bruchids Call
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108 109 110 Figure 108. Bird (parak
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Beneficial Insects Pollinators Many
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113a 113b 114 115 116 117 112
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118 119 120a Figure 118. Chrysopa s
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Parasitoids Several parasitoids hav
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127a 128 Figure 127a. H. a r m i g
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120 Notes
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