ESTIMATION OF YIELD LOSSES DUE TO MAJOR INSECT PESTS OF CHILLI ( L.)
Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur-313001(Rajasthan)
Author(s):
S. K. YADAV*, R. SWAMINATHAN, N. L. DANGI, ASHOK KUMAR AND P.C. YADAV
Abstract:
The pests adversely affected the different yield attributing parameters and brought in significant avoidable loss to the tune of 51.19 and 38.51 per cent fruit yield. The average height of plants, number of primary branches, number of fruits and marketable fruit yield were recorded maximum in the protected plots as compared to unprotected plots.