THE PREVALENCE OF SELECTED VEGETABLE PESTS IN THE LOCALITY OF GUMANIWALA, RISHIKESH, DEHRADUN – UTTARAKHAND

Insect pest infestation causes damage to the production of vegetables in the agricultural fields. The major insect pests of the vegetables include red pumpkin beetle, whitefly, fruit fly, fruit borer, Epilachna beetle, etc. As far as our studies result concern maximum infestation have been found in brinjal (25%) then followed by bitter gourd (23%), okra (21%), tomato and pumpkin (20%). However moderate infestation has been noted in capsicum (20%) and bottle gourd (17%) while minimum infestation has been noted in pumpkin (15%). In this study, it was found that the frequency of insect pest species has positive correlation with temperature. However, negative correlation exists in between humidity and pest population. This occurs due to distinct locality and variation in environmental factors.