Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Otto S Awomi, Imtinaro L, Pankaj Neog and Dametre Lytan

Abstract:
The investigation on the incidence of spiralling whitefly on king chilli was recorded on 24^th Standard Meteorological Week in both 2017 and 2018 with 2.40 adults and nymphs per leaf and 2.20 adults and nymphs per leaf respectively, while the highest mean abundance of spiralling whitefly was recorded on 34^th SMW with 14.20 adults and nymphs per leaf on 2017 and 14.20 adults and nymphs per leaf on 32^nd SMW on 2018. The correlation of spiralling whitefly with abiotic factors revealed a positive significant correlation effect with maximum temperature and negative significant correlation with maximum relative humidity but a positive non significant effect with minimum temperature and rainfall and a negative non significant effect with minimum relative humidity in both the years of investigations.