Development and validation of IPM modules against major soil insect pests of groundnut

Abstract

Five different IPM modules were designed and tested for the management of soil insect-pests in groundnut including farmer practices during kharif, 2019& 2020 at Durgapura, Jaipur. The data observed for white grub, Holotrichia consanguinea and termite, Odontotermes obesus. It was noticed that IPM-I consisting soil application of neem cake 250kg/ha, seed treatment with imidacloprid 600 FS-@ 6.5 ml/kg seed, application of Beauveria bassiana @ 0.5g/m2 and application of imidacloprid 17.8 SL@ 300 ml/ha found significantly superior to reduced insect-pest incidence on groundnut and enhanced the yield over farmers’ practices. The population of white grub larvae and percent plant mortality were recorded to be lowest in module T1 and recorded 0.0 larvae/m2 area and 3.37% plant mortality, respectively. The module T1 was significantly superior to rest of the treatment during both the year.