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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Investigation on Seasonal incidence of major insect and mite pests of jasmine was carried out at College of Agriculture, Navile, UAHS, Shivamogga during 2016-17. During the study, thirteen species of insect and mite pests were found damaging the jasmine crop. Among them, bud borers, Elasmopalpus jasminophagus (Hampson) and Hendecasis duplifascialis (Hampson), leaf web worm, Nausinoe geometrialis (Guenee) was found to feed on leaves. Red spider mite, Tetanychus sp. and thrips were found to suck the sap from jasmine leaves. Out of these insect and mite pests, banana flower thrips, Thrips florum is the first report infesting jasmine from India. Bud borer, E. jasminophagus was predominant pest with a maximum incidence of 38.85 per cent affected buds during first fortnight of January. Incidence of bud borer, E. jasminophagus was significant and negatively correlated with minimum temperature, while maximum temperature was non-significant and positively correlated.