Oviposition by H. armigera in different chickpea varieties as influenced by sowing dates and irrigation levels under field conditions at Research Farm, Breeding Seed Production-Soybean, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.) during rabi season of 2019-20. Weekly observations were recorded on the number of H. armigera eggs per meter row length (mrl) at five randomly selected places from the field emergence stage to the crop harvest from each plot. Sowing dates studies revealed wide variation on ovipositional preference and crop sown on 15th November stands best with significantly lower mean oviposition by H. armigera (0.45 eggs/mrl). The oviposition by H. armigera significantly influenced by irrigation levels and lowest Mean oviposition by H. armigera was observed with irrigation at 35 DAS (0.89 eggs/mrl). Among varieties, significant lowest Mean oviposition by H. armigera was observed in the JG14 chickpea variety (0.38 eggs/mrl). Sowi

Eggs of H. armigera, date of sowings, irrigation levels, and chickpea varieties.

In our research suggests that under late sown condition in chickpea, the incidence of pod borer is high as compare to normal sown. However, the incidence of pod borer was decreased by scheduling irrigation at 35 DAS under normal and late sown condition. Varietal performance revealed that JG 24 and JG 14 stands superior in terms of less oviposition by H. armigera exhibiting insect resistance trait over all the sowing environment. Hence Chickpea varieties JG 14 and JG 24 will be recommended to the farmers for sowing under both normal and late sown with one irrigation condition due to maximum podding and less oviposition by H. armigera in term of insect incidence

Mishra, Y.K., Sharma, A.K., Ramakrishnan, R.S. Sondhia, S., Bhowmick, A.K., Pahalwan, D. and Gharde, Y. (2021). Oviposition Responses of Helicoverpa armigera Towards Different Chickpea Varieties as Influenced by Sowing Dates and Irrigation Levels under