The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. The branches of C. scarabaeoides can be straight or winding and up to 135 cm in length. We present the first ever successful evaluation of pigeonpea transgenics with the ability to mitigate pod borer under nethouse conditions. C. scarabaeoidis may be an annual or a perennial, making it a flexible crop for subsistence farmers. Eggs – are spherical in shape and creamy white in colour, laid singly; Larva - shows colour variation from greenish to brown.Green with dark brown grey lines laterally on the body with lateral white lines and also has dark and pale bands. Pigeon pea thrives best in seedbeds prepared by deep ploughing and cultivations to reduce weeds. Pigeon pea is produced as a vegetable or export grain crop in southern and eastern Africa. CHEMICAL CONTROL. Seed rate: 20-25 kg per ha (8-10 kg per acre) Land preparation. common name: vegetable leafminer scientific name: Liriomyza sativae Blanchard (Insecta: Diptera: Agromyzidae) Distribution - Description and Life Cycle - Host Plants - Damage - Natural Enemies - Management - Selected References Distribution (Back to Top). In severe cases, over half the potential crop is lost. Pesticides are not … It is a dicot angiosperm of the family Fabaceae. Pigeon pea is sensitive to high salinity. In Kenya, pigeon pea is the third most widely grown pulse crop, and it is one of the fastest growing cash crops with an annual growth rate of 3% in the last decade. Many people consider the pod borer to be the most important pest of cocoa in many parts of Southeast Asia. There are four stages in the life cycle: egg, pupae, larva and the adult moth. Identification of the pest. Bean pod borer. Of Borer in CONTROL METHODS: These two pod borers can be controlled by insecticide sprays. Day length of 11–11.5 hours (Gooding 1962) and a temperature range of 22–30°C (Whiteman et al.1985) are suitable for crop growth. Tolerant types of cowpea, pigeon pea and mung bean are reported. Pod borer is a notorious pest of chickpea causing heavy damage to the crop. Seek advice from AVRDC (The World Vegetable Center) for differences between varieties of food legumes. It can cause losses of 20–80% on the harvests of cowpeas. Bean pod borer (037) Common Name Bean pod borer Scientific Name Maruca vitrata; it used to be known as Maruca testulalis. Moisture. Expression of Cry2Aa, a Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal protein in transgenic pigeon pea confers resistance to gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera As a crop, pigeon pea is very drought tolerant, able to grow with a dry season exceeding 6 months, and rainfall <300 mm, but does best with 600–1,000 mm AAR , and where elevated, in excess of 2,000 mm. Among the various insect pests, gram pod borer is the key pest of chickpea and pigeonpea, while pod fly is the second major pest of pigeonpea. Host plants include beans, cowpeas and other legumes like lablab and kudzu.