UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

EFFECT OF NEEM LEAF POWDER ON SURVIVAL AND MORTALITY OF PULSE BEETLE, CALLOSOBRUCHUS CHINENSIS (L.) INFESTING BLACK GRAM

N.K. PANDEY *

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, A.N.S. COLLEGE, BARH - 803 213, INDIA.

S.C. SINGH *

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, A.N.S. COLLEGE, BARH - 803 213, INDIA.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

Seeds of black gram or urd can be effectively protected from the damage by, Callosobruchus chinensis by mixing the seed with dried powder of neem leaf at the rate of 100 mg to 400 mg/50gm seed. The germination of treated seed was not impaired.

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