Seasonal incidence of sucking pests on Mulberry correlated with weather parameters

The incidence of thrips, Pseudodendrothrips mori, mites, Polyphagotarsonemus latus and whitefly revealed that the highest mean population of these pests was observed during summer months i.e., observed during last week of January (55.94) followed by first week of February (29.80). Similarly, in mites and whitefly, the maximum mite population was recorded during first (5.17/cm²) and second (5.90/cm²) week of February and also in first (4.56/cm²) and second (5.46/cm²) week of September. The population of thrips and mite showed significant positive correlation with maximum temperature and significant negative correlation with relative humidity.