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Abstract

Investigation on incidence of different insect-pests of okra and its relationship with weather parameters was carried out during February- April 2021 at Crop cafeteria, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida. Observations for four insect pests infesting okra i.e., Mealybugs, Leaf miners, Jassids and whiteflies were recorded at weekly intervals. The results showed that the population of mealybug started building up from the first week of April and reached to its peak in fourth week of April while as the population of the leaf miner was observed in the second week of March. The pest incidence of whitefly commenced in second week of March and reached its peak in the third week of April.