Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Department of Entomology, Agricultural College Bapatla - 522 101, Andhra Pradesh, India.
*A part of the approved M.Sc. (Ag.) thesis submitted by the senior author to Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500 030.
A field study on seasonal incidence and management of Maruca vitrata (Geyer) on rabi groundnut revealed that minimum temperature and sunshine hours exert significant negative influence on the larval population of M. vitrata and Indoxacarb @ 0.0145 per cent was highly effective against M. vitrata.