Management schedules against termite in groundnut

摘要

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an annual legume crop, also known as peanut, earthnut, monkey-nut and goobers. The termite damages the seeds by boring the underground nuts and cutting the roots and eating the germinating roots and shoots resultingin rot of the seeds and plants (Kaul and Das, 1986). Roonwal (1979) reported that termite caused 10-45 percent damage in western Rajasthan. Roonwal (1981) observed that generally the activity of termites are enhanced under the drought conditions and decrease in irrigated conditions. Umeh etal. (1999) recorded that the mean percentage of plants attacked by termites in the surveyed groundnut field was 39.4. While, Sridhar and Mahto (2000) found two soil inhibiting pests to cause significant damage to thecrop as well as maturing pods that were identified as termite (Odontoterm.es obesus Rambur) and oriental army ant (Doylus orientalis).