Vol. 11, Special Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
MK Chandraker, DK Rana, BS Asati and Santosh Sahu

Abstract:
The effect of different intercrops with cabbage on DBM (Plutella xylostella) pest population was studied during the year 2016-17 and 2017-18 at Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh. The incidence of DBM was recorded at fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth weeks after transplanting (WAT) in different intercrops. On the basis of pooled mean the overall impact of different intercrops, the cabbage + onion (2:1) was most effective intercrop with reducing DBM population (1.08 larvae plant^-1), maximum cabbage yield (197.79 q ha^-1), cabbage equivalent yield (273.32 q ha^-1) and maximum cost benefit ratio (1:3.08).