RAMANDEEP SINGH, N. L. DANGI, IL SWAMINATHAN AND M. K. MAHLA

During the crop season, in sole cotton the abiotic factors of the environment, the mean atmospheric temperature happened to show significant positive correlation with the major sap sucking insect pests of cotton except red cotton bug. The total rainfall and sunshine evinced a significant negative and significant positive correlation with the jassids population of cotton during 2016. The mean population of major sap sucking insect pests showed a significant positive correlation with the mean atmospheric temperature except thrips and red cotton bug on cotton cultivated with cowpea farmscaping. When cotton cultivated with marigold farmscaping, the mean population of major sap sucking insect pests showed a significant positive correlation with the mean atmospheric temperature except whiteflies and red cotton bug.