Advances in Life Sciences
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 11

Effect of Weather Parameters on the Population Build Up of Okra Pests and their Natural Enemies

  • Author:
  • M. Rajashekhar, K. Ravinder Reddy, Ch. Raja Goud1
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 4576 to 4581

1Department of Entomology, College of Horticulture, Rajendrangar, Hyderabad, Telangana State

Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticultural University, Rajendrangar, Hyderabad, Telangana State

Online published on 2 January, 2017.

Abstract

The field experiment was laid out at College of Horticulture, Rajendranagar to study the effect of weather parameters on the population build up of okra pests and their natural enemies by correlation and multiple linear regression studies during kharif 2014. The overall combined effect of all the abiotic factors viz., maximum temperature, minimum temperature, relative humidity, rainfall and rainy days jointly had the non significant impact on the pest population build up.

Keywords

weather, correlation, okra