Seasonal incidence of mites, Tetranychus urticae Koch and T. ludeni Zacher on Okra and Brinjal crops

The maximum population of Tetranychus urticae were recorded in the month of June I^st fortnight (352.50) on okra and T. ludeni (308.60) on brinjal when average atmospheric temperature was 35.53, relative humidity 33.0% and rainfall nil while minimum population of T. urticae (7.20) on okra and T. ludeni (4.20) on brinjal was recorded in I^st fortnight of March when average atmospheric temperature was 21.7, relative humidity 61.7% and rainfall 6.40mm. A positive correlation was found between temperature and mite population and negative with humidity and rainfall.