ABSTRACT
Chickpea provides a high percent of protein as a pulse crop under abiotic and biotic pressures on productivity and production. It has been practiced considerably and threatened due to different insect pest such as the gram pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera. It causes up to 90% of damage due to regular attack from germination to the pod formation of the chickpea. This pest is responsible for declining nutritive value and germination capability in production of chickpea. For the management of pod borer grower, the amount synthetic pesticides was increased, but as the imbalanced application of chemical resulted in contamination of food by residual effects, it developed resistance and resurgence, in addition to causing harm to natural enemies with beneficial insects. Hence the purpose of this review is to show sustainable approaches to bring down incidence of pod borer and attain production of chickpea by adopting an integrated approach presume host plant resistance, effective package of practices, bio agents, T-perches having 2m distance in predatory zones effective for biological control, use of resistant varieties, inexpensive and good agronomical practices such as executing balance use of fertilizers, installing animated bird perches, balance use of chemical, and early sowing with low crop density with intercropping protected by trap crops applied for monitoring incidence of pests. For the monitoring and mass trapping of pod borer male adult population, establish pheromone traps 5–6/ha and 10–12/ha respectively. Integrating all these sustainable approaches with biological control reflects sustainable pod borer management with enhanced toxic-residue-free production of chickpea.
