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Crop protection
Pest management
Pests Economic Threshold level (ETL) Management
Aphids 20/2.5 cm shoot length Methyl demeton 25 EC 500 ml/ha or Dimethoate 30 EC 500 ml/ha
Pod borers 10% of affected pods Raise one row of sunflower as intercrop for every 9 rows of pigeon pea and plant maize as border crop. Pheromone traps for Helicoverpa armigera 12/ha
Plume moth 5/plant Azadirachtin 0.03 % WSP  2500-5000 g/ha (or) Emamectin benzoate 5% SG 220 g/ha
Spotted pod borer 3/plant Indoxacarb 15.8% SC 333 ml/ha (or) Chlorantraniliprole 18.5  SC 150ml/ha (or) Spinosad 45%SC 125-162 ml/ha.
Disease management
     Seed treatment  with talc formulation of Trichoderma viride @ 4g or P.fluorescens @ 10 g/kg seed (or) Carbendazim 2 g/kg or Thiram @ 4 g/kg seed.
Disease Management methods
Wilt  Fusarium udum Pseudomonas fluorescens (or) Trichoderma viride – 2.5 kg / ha + 50 kg farm yard manure
Root rot
Rhizoctonia bataticola
(Macrophomina phaseolina)
Spot drenching with Carbendazim @ 1 g/ lit
Sterility Mosaic: Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus Vector: Aceria cajani Rogue out the infected plants in the early stages of growth. Spray Fenazaquin @ 1 ml/lit on 45 and 60 DAS as prophylactic spray

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