| Sign of Attack/ Symptom |
Control |
(i) Insect-pests :
Pod borer : Initially caterpillars feed on the top foliage and later bore into the pods and feed on the developing grains. |
Spray at 50% flowering 0.875 L Monocrotophos (Monocil 36 EC/SL) or Carbaryl 50 WP (Sevin) or 1.250 L Endosulfan 35 EC (Thiodan/Hindon/Endocel) in 625 L water per ha. Spray can be repeated at 15 days interval, if the pest still persists. Caution : Don’t pluck green pods upto 15 days after spray for consumption. |
| Cutworm : The dirty grey caterpillars remain hidden in soil and cause heavy damage to seedlings immediately after germination by cutting the stem of young plant at ground level. They damage more plants than they actually consume. |
Mix 2 litres chlorpyriphos 20 EC in 25 kg sand & apply in field before sowing. |
(ii) Diseases
Blight : The disease appears in the form of dark brown spots studded with minute, black, dot-like bodies on the stem, branches, leaves and pods. On pod and leaf lesions, the pycnidia are concentrically arranged. Whole of the plant may be blighted or killed in case of severe infection. |
1. Plant resistant variety like HPG-17 & Himachal Chana I..
2. Use disease free seed.
3. Treat seed with Dithane M-45 or Vitavax @ 2.5 g/kg seed.
4. collect crop debris after harvest and burn.
5. Spray crop with Indofil M-45/Dithane M-45 (0.25%) with first symptom of disease & repeat the spray at 15 days interval. |
| Wilt : The affected plants first turn yellow, wither and finally dry up. The roots become dark coloured resulting in complete rotting. |
1. Plough the soil deep
2. Crop should be sown late . |