Seasonal Incidence Of Major Insect Pests On Watermelon,
Citrullus Lanatus (Thunb.Matsumara And Nakai)
 

V.Radhakrishnan^*, K.Natarajan, L.Allwin
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, (INDIA)

Studies were carried out on the seasonal incidence of insect pests of watermelon. The major insect pests recorded were aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover), leafhopper (Amrasca devastans Ishida), thrips (Thrips palmi Karny), leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii Burgess) and red pumpkin beetle (Raphidopalpa (=Aulacophora) foveicollis Lucas). The maximum incidence of various pests was recorded during second to last week of March 2004 and the minimum incidence was recorded during second week of January 2004 and second to last week of February 2004.