Assessment of beneficial role of an insectivorous bird, jungle babbler (turdoides striatus) predation, on helicoverpa armigera infesting pigeon pea (cajanus cajan) crop

Jungle babbler (Turdoides striatus), a widely spread sub-tropical insectivorous passerine is considered beneficial to agro-ecosystem, as they devour voraciously on insect matter especially Helicoverpa armigera, the gram pod borer, a notorious pest infesting and causing heavy loses to crops like pige...