Vol. 12, Special Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Vijay Kumar, Pankaj Kumar, Umesh Chandra, Pradip Kumar Patel and Prerna Bhargav

Abstract:
Indian mustard is also known as Brassica juncea is a versatile, widely cultivated plant species in the Brassicacea family, native to South Asia. The major insect pests of Indian mustard cause severe damage to the crop. The study was conducted to investigation of seasonal incidence of major insect pests of Indian mustard. The field experiment was carried out in winter season (2017-18) at the SIF farm of the Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh, India. The results showed that the infestation of major insect pests of Indian mustard was higher during the first week of January and lowest first week of March. The results showed that the correlation coefficient between the occurrences of major insect- pests (biotic) with abiotic factors.