• Shailja Negi
• Meera Srivastava

Production of food grain has been the endeavour of human race since the ushering in of civilization. A very important aspect of food production is its proper conservation during and after harvest, so that crop losses during storage are reduced. With time, the ill effects associated with heavy and indiscriminate use of pesticides started becoming visible. The present investigation was therefore carried out to study the efficacy of two plants viz. Prosopis juliflora and Prosopis cineraia on adult mortality of pulse beetle Callosobruchus chinensis Linn. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). by employing bark, fruit, leaf and their combinations (P. juliflora leaf + P. cineraria leaf and P. juliflora bark + P. cineraria fruit), by treating the pest insect with the smoke produced by incinerating the different parts of the two plants separately, and in combination. The results reveal that the highest bruchid mortality of 70% resulted after 48 h with treatment of smoke of fruit and leaf of P. juliflora, while smoke of bark of P. juliflora resulted in lowest mortality of only 14%. Bark after 24 h fruit after 48 h or treatment of P. cineraria resulted in significant mortality.

Use of smoke of plant Prosopis: An effective traditional control method employed against insect pest Callosobruchus chinensis Linn.

"Use of smoke of plant Prosopis: An effective traditional control method employed against insect pest Callosobruchus chinensis Linn.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no.m642-m649, May-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305C91.pdf

"Use of smoke of plant Prosopis: An effective traditional control method employed against insect pest Callosobruchus chinensis Linn.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no. ppm642-m649, May-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305C91.pdf