Insect pests of maize at different altitudes of north Kashmir, J&K

Abstract

The present experiment was conducted at SKUAST-K Wadura campus, 1590 meters above mean sea level (AMSL) and Imberzal Wari, 2120 m AMSL. The maize variety C-4 was sown in a randomised block design with three replications. Investigation revealed that the crop was infested by 21 insect species at different phenological stages among which cut worm, Agrotis spp, maize stem borer, Chilo partellus Swinhoe and army worm, Mythimna separata Walker appeared as major insect pests at Crop Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura, while at Imberzal Wari, a total of 17 insect pest species were recorded and among them cutworm, Agrotis spp and maize stem borer, C. partellus were major ones.