Botanicals as eco-friendly biorational alternatives of bio insecticide against Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) stored pulses - A review

The presents review article has been reviewed to know the importance of different plant products (botanicals) against Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) the potential insecticidal botanicals in the management in storage condition and infesting the various stored pulses such as (black gram, greengram, cowpea, Bengal gram, Mmung bean etc). Callosobruchus maculatus is one of the most serious pests brought into storage containers with harvested black gram that can cause total loss of the stored crop in a few months.