Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
AN Humane, DB Undirwade, BN Choudhari, GR Shamkuwar and US Kulkarni

Abstract:
The field experiments were carried out during kharif 2020 and 2021 at the Agriculture Research Station, Sakoli, Dist. Bhandara (Maharashtra) under Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. The findings of this study showed a considerable impact of climatic variables on the biology of natural enemies such as green mirid bug, brown mirid bug, spiders and coccinellids beetle. In kharif 2020, the highest abundance of green mirid bugs and brown mirid bugs were seen at a 45^th SMW (4.13 nos./hill and 10.26 nos./hill). The maximum abundance of spider and lady bird beetle was observed at 40^th SMW (0.40 nos./hill) and 38^th SMW (0.70 nos./hill). In kharif 2021 highest abundance of green mirid bug and brown mirid bug were seen at 43^rd SMW of (2.53 nos./hill) and 46^th SMW (7.73 nos./hill). The highest population of spiders and coccinellid beetles was recorded at 46^th SMW with a population of 0.63 nos./hill and 0.63 nos./hill, respectively.