Effect of some weather factors on the population dynamics of leafhopper, Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) infesting in Bhendi

The results of revealed that the leafhoppers incidence was noticed from 6^th MSW and 23^th MSW with population of 11.38 and 15.10 leafhoppers/3 leaves/plant during the rabi and kharif 2018, respectively. The population increased with the advancement of crop growth and reached its peak at 24.89 leafhoppers/3 leaves in 16^th MSW during rabi 2018 and 27.40 leafhoppers/3 leaves in 31^st MSW during kharif 2018. Later, the population declined. The present studies concluded that leafhopper populations on bhendi plants favoured minimum temperatures while humidity did not significantly affect the dynamics of leafhopper in rabi 2018 while it was opposite during kharif 2018.