1Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture
2College of Agriculture, Ambajogai, Beed431517, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani 431402, Maharashtra, India
3Department of Entomology, Rajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University, Durgapura, Jaipur303329, Rajasthan, India
*Email: nehamatra1@gmail.com (corresponding author):
Online published on 26 February, 2026.
An experiment was conducted at the experimental farm of Department of Entomology, VNMKV, Parbhani, during kharif 2022-23 to evaluate the efficacy of coloured sticky traps on sucking pests on chilli. Significantly highest numbers of aphids and whiteflies with (101.64 aphids/ trap/ week and 97.73 whiteflies/ trap/ week), were trapped on yellow colored trap placed along the crop canopy. Significantly highest numbers of leafhooper (97.13 leaf hoppers/ trap/ week) were trapped on green-coloured sticky traps. Highest number of thrips (99.29 thrips/ trap/ week) were trapped on blue colored sticky trap.
Efficacy, Colour sticky traps, Sucking pests, Kharif, Crop canopy, Chilli, Thrips, Whitefly, Aphids, Yellow, Green, Blue
