Screening of mungbean germplasm against major insect pests

Abstract

Among 50 genotypes (including two checks) of mungbean screened during Kharif 2016. Seven genotypes were found highly susceptible, twenty genotypes moderately susceptible while twenty one genotypes were found least susceptible. The population of white fly, jassid and thrips initiated at 20 days after sowing (DAS) while the larval population initiated at 45 DAS and continued till the harvesting of the crop. The population of white fly/cage, jassid/cage, thrips/10 flowers, mean larval population/5 plants and pod damage percentage ranged between 1.20 to 5.89, 0.41 to 1.20, 0.67 to 1.78, 1.00 to 2.48 and 4.00 to 13.88% respectively.