A field experiment was conducted during 2002 – 2003 and 2003 – 2004 to study the impact of controlling the insect vector, Whitefly, of yellow mosaic virus on the performance of green gram grown under rainfed lowland rice fallow situation. Insecticide, Imidachloprid 12.5 kg a.i./ha, was applied at 15- and 30-days growth to four green gram varieties, direct-sown under residual soil moisture conditions after the harvest of kharif rice. Results showed crops under YMV-management achieved 65.67% more seed yield producing 11.68 q/ha, which was significantly higher than the crops under no YMV management (7.05 q ha−1). Plants which had been treated with insecticide were found to be less affected (8.50%) by YMV compared to those which had no treatment (20.10%). Varieties PDM 54 and PDM 11 emerged as superior, producing significantly higher seed yields, 12.73 and 11.69 q/ha respectively; while Pusa vishal (8.21 q ha−1) and Pusa 105 (7.85 q ha−1) produced moderately compared with the local variety (6.31 q ha−1). In addition, PDM 54 and PDM 11 showed relatively more resistance against YMV infestation recording 5.23% and 6.01% infected plants.
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