Background: Ricebean [Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi and Ohashi] is an important food legume grown in Nagaland, India. It a versatile underutilized pulse crop as dry also used green manure fodder. Insect pests are one of the major constraints encountered beetle, [Callosobruchus chinensis (L.)] pest that causes considerable damage to Vigna seeds. This experiment was carried out determine basis re...

Background: Bruchid beetle (Callosobruchus chinensis) is one of the devastating field carry over storage pest causing a huge crop loss, especially in greengram. The pre-breeding lines were developed by crossing between cultivated variety, VBN (Gg) 2 and Vigna radiata var. sublobata, progenitor species greengram used as resistant parent against bruchid. Methods: A total 53 stabilized inter sub-s...