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Insecticidal potential of home-made neem extract against pod sucking bug, Clavigralla gibbosa (Spinola) in pigeonpea

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Multi-location field experiments were conducted in five districts of Punjab (India) during kharif (May-October) 2019 cropping season to evaluate the effect of four doses (1250, 1875, 2500 and 3125 ml ha-1) of home-made neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) extract against pod sucking bug, Clavigralla gibbosa, as well as their effect on the grain yield of pigeonpea. The incidence of the pod bug (seven days after spray) and the seed damage were found to be significantly lower in the home-made neem extract treatments as compared with the untreated control (41.99% and 34.25% reduction over the control, respectively). However, none of the home-made neem extract doses was as effective as the synthetic insecticide (deltamethrin) in terms of pest population and seed damage reduction. However, amongst the botanical insecticide treatments, home-made neem extract @ 3125 ml ha-1 excelled in overall performance. This technology is cheap, safe, environment friendly and easy for adoption by limited resource farmers.

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The authors sincerely acknowledge the support provided by the Directorate of Research, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana in the conduct of multi-location research trials across the state.

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  1. Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141 004, Punjab, India

    Gaurav Kumar Taggar & Ravinder Singh

  2. Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141 004, Punjab, India

    Pardeep Kumar Chhuneja & Shivani Khokhar

  3. Regional Research Station, Gurdaspur, India

    Harpal Singh Randhawa

  4. Regional Research Station, Faridkot, India

    Satnam Singh

  5. Regional Research Station, Ballowal Saunkhri, SBS Nagar, India

    Rakesh Kumar

  6. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mansa, India

    Jasjinder Kaur

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GKT, RS and PKC conceived and designed the research. GKT, RS, HSR, SS, RK and JK conducted the multilocation research experiments. GKT, JK and SK analysed the data. GKT and PKC wrote the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.

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Taggar, G.K., Singh, R., Chhuneja, P.K. et al. Insecticidal potential of home-made neem extract against pod sucking bug, Clavigralla gibbosa (Spinola) in pigeonpea. Int J Trop Insect Sci 42, 1913–1924 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00721-2

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