Surveying on incidence of chilli gall midge in major chilli growing areas of North Karnataka

Abstract

The investigation on “Surveying on incidence of chilli gall midge in major chilli growing areas of North Karnataka”. Survey was conducted in three major chilli growing district of Northern Karnataka viz., Haveri, Gadag and Dharwad, Karnataka, India during kharif season of the academic year 2018-19. The data revealed that Byadagi taluk of Haveri district recorded highest flower bud damage (13.82%) and Haveri taluk of Haveri district recorded highest fruit damage (13.84%) incidence caused by gall midge as compared with other taluks. However overall per cent gall midge damage recorded in Haveri district (25.56%) as compared with Gadag (22.68%) and Dharwad (21.66%).