Increasing production of chickpea & pigeonpea through Intensive application of Integrated Pest Management Accelerated Pulses Production Programme O P Sharma National Centre for Integrated Pest Management LBS Building, IARI Campus, New Delhi

Objectives To establish 36 “Nuclear Model Units” in selected A3P units for pigeonpea and chickpea To impart training to all the Technical Assistants recruited under 123 pigeonpea and 214 chickpea blocks To carry out awareness campaigns through conventional (print) and electronic media To establish centralized “National Pest Reporting and Alert System” through networking of pulse growers

Activities (units) for StatePigeonpeaChickpea Andhra Pradesh12 Karnataka75 Madhya Pradesh32 Maharashtra65 Uttar Pradesh32 1 unit = 1000ha

NCIPM New Delhi UAS Raichur JNKVV Jabalpur APAU Hyderabad MAU Parbhani IIPR Kanpur Cooperating Institutions

Critical Components State A3PAPKarnatakaMPMaharashtraUP Gypsum (Sulphur) Yes SSPSulphurGypsum-Gypsum ? Micro nutrients (Zn) YesZn - Rhizobium / PSB / Urea Spray YesRhizobium / PSB / Urea Spray Rhizobium / PSB Seed treatmentThiram + Carbendazim; Thrichoderma ; Carboxin Trichoderma Neem oilMostly No (MS) Neem oil HaNPV + Pheromone Mostly No (MS) HaNPV + Pheromone Chemical pesticides Quinolphos Endosulfan Monocrotopho s Sulphur Carbendazim Quinolphos Endosulfan Carbendazim Profenophos Renaxpyr Dimethoate Endosulfan Profenophos Dimethoate Endosulfan Profenophos Dimethoate Emmamectin NOA Status of inputs supplied to beneficiaries under A3P being implemented by NCIPM in collaboration with SAUs.

A3P Disrict Area (ha)No. of Village No. of Farmers Gulbarga Karnataka Disease reporting

A3P DisrictArea (ha)No. of VillageNo. of Farmers Badnapur Parbhani Nanded Osmanabad Maharashtra

Parbhani Nanded

Osmanabad Incidence of diseases was very less due to large scale adoption of BSMR varieties

A3P DistrictArea (ha) No. of Village No. of Farmers Anantapur Andhra Pradesh Met week (Nov) Insect pest scenario Diseases

A3P DisrictArea (ha)No. of VillageNo. of Farmers Banda Hamirpur Uttar Pradesh

Hamirpur Banda

A3P DisrictArea (ha)No. of VillageNo. of Farmers Chhindwara Narsimhpur Madhya Pradesh

Chhindwara

Training on th Sep., 2010 At MAU, Parbhani Technical Assistant Maharashtra27 Gujarat8 Total35 Human Resource Development Training on th Oct., 2010 ARS, Gulbarga Technical Assistant Karnataka 23 Andhra Pradesh 21 Chatishgarh4 About the crop, Hollistic crop care, Key pests of pigeonpea and online data feeding in e-pest reporting system.

Seed treatment with PSB + Rhizobium Seed treatment with Trichoderma

e - National Pest Reporting and Alert System

Register Scout information

Scout survey information data entry Tracking report

Temporal reports (Tabular format) Current Pest report reports

Taluk-wise Graphical report presentation

GIS presentation for Nanded centre

GIS presentation for Parbhani centre

View Advisory

Send Advisory

Screen shot of Advisories sent via SMS to Farmers

Leaf rollerMaruca Excessive rain led to higher incidence of leaf roller

Excessive rain led to Cercospora disease ….. Leading to flower drops (up to 50% in extreme cases) Farmers were advised to spray carbadenzim 2%

Damaged pod with live larvae Damaged pod with NPV affected larvae

Survey conducted 4 days in a week in which 3 days for fixed survey and one day for rapid roving survey Fixed survey in 34 villages (Two spots / village ) – 3 days a week Random survey in the whole district 40 spots / day by four teams once in a week After survey is over, all the information was pooled on friday and recommendations given on Saturday (over phone & SMS) as forewarning to undertake management practices Methodology of e- Pest Surveillance Mean, Percentage & Frequency distribution

Taluka Mean number of Egg load / plant 50 % FloweringPeak FloweringPod Development A3PNon A3PA3PNon A3PA3PNon A3P Chittapur Gulbarga Jewargi Chincholli Aland Afzalpur Sedam Average Status of Helicoverpa eggs at different stages of crop (2010)

Taluka Mean number of larvae/ plant 50 % FloweringPeak FloweringPod Development A3PNon A3PA3PNon A3PA3PNon A3P Chittapur Gulbarga Jewargi Chincholli Aland Afzalpur Sedam Average Status of Helicoverpa larval incidence (2010)

Taluka Mean number of live webs (Maruca) / plant Peak flowerIngPod development stage A3PNon-A3PA3PNon A3P Chittapur Gulbarga Jewargi Chincholli Aland Afzalpur Sedam Average Mean number of bugs (pod bug) / plant Peak floweringPod development stage A3PNon-A3PA3PNon A3P Taluka Percent pod fly damage Pod development stagePod maturity stage A3PNon-A3PA3PNon A3P Chittapur Gulbarga Jewargi Chincholli Aland Afzalpur Sedam Average MarucaPod bug Pod fly Status of other pests (2010)

Taluka Mean number coccinellids / plant Peak flowering stagePod development stage A3PNon-A3PA3PNon A3P Chittapur Gulbarga Jewargi Chincholli Aland Afzalpur Sedam Average Mean number chrysopa eggs / plant Peak flowering stagePod development stage A3PNon-A3PA3PNon A3P Taluka New moleculesBio-pesticides Total sprays by A3PNon A3PA3PNon A3PA3PNon – A3P Chittapur Gulbarga Jewargi Chincholli Aland Afzalpur Sedam Average New molecules Indoxacarb, Spinosad, Emamectin benzoate, flubendiamide, Rynaxypyr Bio-pesticides Neem and HaNPV Status of beneficial and eco-friendly pesticides

Future programme Modification of the programme based on feedback and experiences of Development of “Timelines” and strengthening of co-operation with State Agri Deptt with especial reference to UP and MP. Strengthening of e-Pest Surveillance programme through engagement of temporary scouts. Expansion of programme in Karnataka with the help of KVKs.