Insect pests and natural enemy complex of brinjal, Solanum melongena L. in Meghalaya

Abstract

A study on “Insect pests and natural enemy complex of brinjal Solanum melongena L. in Meghalaya” was conducted in experimental farm of College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences (CPGS-AS), Umiam, Meghalaya from April to July, 2021. A total of twenty-two insect species and three non-insects were recorded from the brinjal ecosystem, out of which fifteen species were observed as insect pests, six species as predators, one species as pollinator and three species of predatory spiders from the brinjal ecosystem. The correlation studies of the pests (aphids, jassids, hadda beetle and BSFB) with weather parameters (maximum and minimum temperature, maximum and minimum relative humidity and rainfall) revealed that temperature and R.H. had significantly positive relationship with population fluctuation of the pests