Studies on population dynamics of sucking pests in brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

Abstract

The investigations were carried out during kharif 2022, on the farm of college of agriculture, Badnapur, tal- Badnapur, dist-Jalna, department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Badnapur, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani with the objectives of study the population dynamics of major insect pests of brinjal, The experiment was laid out in non-replicated treatments. The incidence population of aphid, leafhopper and white fly, varied from (0.5 to 2.1 aphids/3 leaves), (2.3 to 7.4 leafhopper/3 leaves) and (0.4 to 8.5 whiteflies/3 leaves), respectively. Dynamics of aphids, white fly and leafhopper and their correlation with weather parameters revealed that white fly, aphid, and leafhopper had positive significant correlation with relative humidity at morning.