IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON POPULATION OF IDIOSCOPUS CLYPEALIS (HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) ON MANGO MANGIFERA INDICA L.

Dr. T. V. Sathe; Chandani Kamble

Volume : V, Issue : X, October - 2015

IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON POPULATION OF IDIOSCOPUS CLYPEALIS (HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) ON MANGO MANGIFERA INDICA L.

Dr. T. V. Sathe, Chandani Kamble

Abstract :

Idioscopus clypealis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) is a serious pest of mango Mangifera indica Linn. in Kolhapur region of Maharashtra. Both Indigenous and Hyid varieties are badly affected by the Jassids. Jassids suck the cell sap and inject toxins into the flowering and fruiting bodies as result these bodies drop down and cause 80– 90% damage to crop by yield. Environmental factors indicated that increase in temperature and decrease in humidity resulted in increase in population of I. clypealis. However, rain fall have less impact on the population dynamics of the Jassids on mango.