Vol. 9 (1) : January-February 2018 issue
Green Farming Vol. 9 (1) : 161-164 ; January-February, 2018
Varietal screening of cashew against different insect pests at Red and Lateritic Zone of West Bengal
ANAMIKA KARa1* and MINI PODUVALb2
aAICRP on Nematodes in Cropping System, Directorate of Research, BCKV, Kalyani, Nadia - 741 235 (West Bengal), bAICRP on Cashew, Regional Research Station, BCKV, Jhargram, West Bengal - 721 507 (West Bengal)
Designation : 1Assistant Professor *(anamika_kar7@rediffmail.com), 2Associate Professor
Subject : Entomology
Paper No. : P-7095
Total Pages : 4
Received : 15 December 2017
Revised accepted : 19 January 2018
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Citation :
ANAMIKA KAR and MINI PODUVAL. 2018. Varietal screening of cashew against different insect pests at Red and Lateritic Zone of West Bengal. Green Farming Vol. 9 (1) : 161-164 ; January-February, 2018
ABSTRACT
A varietal screening was done at the Regional Research Station, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Jhargram, West Bengal with a aim to find out tolerant varieties of cashew against the major insect pests with good yield and most suitable to Red and Lateritic Zone of West Bengal. The experimental result revealed that varieties like H-255, H-303, T.No. 30/1, T.No.3/33, T.No. 10/19, T.No. 3/28, H-367, M-15/4, NRCC-2 were tolerant to cashew stem and root borer attack. The variety M-15/4 and NRCC -2 were recorded 100 percent free from CSRB infestation after twelve years of planting while NRCC-1 was found the most susceptible to cashew stem and root borer (100% infestation). It was closely followed by M-44/3 (66.67%) and H-68 (50%). The result of tea mosquito bug infestation showed that H-68 was most affected variety to TMB damage (2.68 %) which was very closely followed by T.No. 3/28 (2.63%) and H-367 (2.2%) respectively. Maximum infestation leaf miner infestation at vegetative stage was notice in NRCC -2 (32.54%) followed by TN-3/28 (24.45%). Out of the thirteen varieties screened three varieties namely H-255, NRCC-1 and NRCC-2 were least preferred (1.92% in all ) by the leaf and blossom webber.
Key words :
Cashew, Insect pests, Stem and root borer, Tea mosquito bug, Tolerant, Varietal screening.