Lantana camara – boon for farmers for save storage of pea seeds under Manipur condition

Abstract

Lantana camara, also known as Spanish Flag or West Indian Lantana, in Manipur: Samballei or Nongballei, is found abundantly in Manipur. An experiment was conducted in the experimental laboratory of Agronomy Department, College of Agriculture, Iroisemba, Central Agricultural University, Imphal in 2017-2019, to study the “Effect of Lantana camara on controlling insect pests on storage of pea seeds (Pisum sativum var Makhyatmubi) in Manipur condition”. It was found that when we mixed the L. camara with pea seeds in the ratio 1Kg pea seeds:150g L. camara and above, there were no damage of the pea seeds by insect pests but in control where there was no L. camara, all the seeds were damaged by insect pests.