Vol. 10, Special Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
Toshima Kushram, Mukesh Kumar Sahu and Pappu Lal Bairwa

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled seasonal incidence of major insect-pests on soybean under agro climatic condition of Chhattisgarh plain was conducted at the Research cum Instructional Farm, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh during Kharif season of 2015. During the course of study, six species of insect-pests viz., girdle beetle (Obereopsis brevis) defoliators– tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura) and green semilooper (Chrysodeixis acuta) and sucking pests – whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) Jassid (Empoasca kerri) and thrips (Thrips tabaci) as the major insect-pests of soybean crop.