Indian Journal of Agricultural Research

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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 51 issue 3 (june 2017) : 292-295

Emergence of adult pest and loss of groundnut pod in  storage period

Pravasini Behera*, Anita Mohanty, Dibya Sundar Kar
1<p>College of Agriculture, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology ,Bhubaneswar-751 003, Odisha, India</p>

The screening test of thirteen ground nut cultivars were conducted to study their resistance and susceptibility to Caryedon serratus in the laboratory at 70% RH and 28 ± 1°C. The successful development of adult beetles widely varied from 0.0 to 29.0 after one month .The variety OG 52-1 proved to be immune to the attack up to one month of storage. Percentage of weight loss due to beetle infestation was varied from 1.2 to 17.8 % in first month of storage. The cultivar     OG 52-1 recorded least weight loss.


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