Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Ashish Kumar, Manoj Kumar Tripathi and Surendra Prasad

Abstract:
Survey of phytophagous mites during 2021 and 2022 on summer vegetable crops surrounding Tilak Dhari Post Graduate Collage, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The survey of plant mites reveled that out of sixteen (16) species of mites belonging to seven (7) genera, six (6) family and two (2) orders. The order Prostigmata is represented by five (5) family, six (6) genera and twelve (12) species. Whereas, one (1) family, one (1) genera and four (4) species represent order Mesostigmata. Of the sixteen (16) species recorded nine (9) are phytophagous nature and seven (7) species belong to predatory group. Among the twelve (12) summer vegetables crops surveyed maximum number of species were recorded on brinjal (9) and sponge gourd (9) followed by bottle gourd (8) and ridge gourd (8), long melon, bitter gourd, pumpkin, okra and cucumber in each seven (7). Rest of vegetable crops recorded (2-6) species.