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Keywords: legume pests in India, legumes provide protein in local diets, legume production has not kept up with the population growth, cereals, legumes, groundnut, soybean, pigeon pea, jack bean, sword bean, chickpea, cluster bean, horse gram, grass pea, lentil, moth bean, tropical legume crops, insect pests, adzuki bean, lima bean, common bean, green pea, winged bean, faba bean, mungbean, hyacinth bean, black gram, yard-long bean, rice bean, cowpea, Bambara groundnut,

Insect pests:

Aphis craccivora, Bemesia tabaci, Empoasca spp., Anoplcnemis phasiana, Clavigralla spp., Nezara viridula, Piezodorus, Creontiades, Eurystylis, Campylomma, Thrips palmi, Callosobruchus, Caryedon serratus, Acanthoscelides obtectus, white grubs, Ophiomyia phaseoli, Melanagromyza obtusa, Helicoverpa armigera, Maruca testulalis, Etiella zinckenella, Lampides boeticus, Amsacata spp., Aproaerema modicella, Spodoptera litura,

Insecticide resistance, rational pest management, integrated pest management, immediate solutions, chemical control, long-term solutions, host plant resistance, government acceptance and support, definition of the legume pest problem in absolute terms, monitoring the sociological and economic implications of changing farm management patterns to accommodate IPM, the development of national or regional IPM-related strategies, the rationalization of insecticide application, exploitation of host plant resistance, promotion of natural control processes, institutional considerations, current international input, use of Bt for control of Heliocoverpa armigera