×
Suggest this Article to:
TOP INDEXERS
Public Article
-
verified
Effect of Sowing Dates, Intra-row Spacings and Pesticides on Maruca vitrata (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Damage on ...
ISSN: 0331 - 0094
Publisher: author
Effect of Sowing Dates, Intra-row Spacings and Pesticides on Maruca vitrata (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Damage on ...
Indexed in
Agriculture and Food Sciences
ARTICLE-FACTOR
1.3
Article Basics Score: 2
Article Transparency Score: 2
Article Operation Score: 2
Article Articles Score: 3
Article Accessibility Score: 3
SUBMIT PAPER ASK QUESTION
International Category Code (ICC):
ICC-0202
Publisher: Nigerian Journal Of Entomology Lujosh Ventures Limited
International Journal Address (IAA):
IAA.ZONE/033151080094
eISSN
:
0331 - 0094
VALID
ISSN Validator
Abstract
A field trial was conducted during the 2015 and 2016 cropping seasons in Samaru northern Guinea savanna agro-ecological zone, at the Teaching and Research Farm, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University (IAR/ABU) Zaria, Nigeria. The objective of the research was to test the effect of sowing dates, intra-row spacings and biopesticides in the control of cowpea pod-borer, Maruca vitrata (Fabricius). The experiment was laid out in split-split plot design with sowing dates allocated to the main plot, intra-row spacings to the sub-plot and pesticides allocated to the sub-sub-plot. The treatments were randomized and replicated three times. Data collected on numbers of flower and pod damage were subjected to the analysis of variance and significant means were separated using LSD at 5%. The result at 10 WAS showed that varying sowing dates significantly (P.01) reduced percentage flower damaged by M. vitrata. Lower damage was...
