Seasonal incidence of Gundhi bug on rice under agro-climatic condition of Allahabad

Abstract

These experiment was studied the seasonal incidence of rice gundhi bug [Leptocorisa acuta (Thonberg)] on rice under agro-climatic condition of Allahabad, at Central Research Farm, SHUATS, Naini, Allahabad during kharif season of 2016. Initial incidence of the rice gundhi bug was noticed on the 38th (third week of September) standard week and reached the peak in the 43rd (fourth week of october) standard week. At that time, average maximum temperature was 34.31°C and minimum temperature was 24.80°C, average morning relative humidity was 90.20% and evening 53.70%, average wind velocity was 1.01km/ hour and average sun shine hour was 8.7 hours.