1Department of Entomology, Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga577412, Karnataka, India
*Email: jnh@uahs.edu.in (corresponding author)
During the research study, sixteen major insect and mite pest species viz., Hymenia recurvalis (Fabricius), Erectomocera impectella (Walker), Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), Liriomyza sp., Hypolixus truncates (Fabricius), Xanthochelus sp., Nezara viridula (Linnaey), Cletus punctiger (Dallus), Cletomorpha hastate (Fabricius), Attractomorpha sp., Aphis craccivora (Koch), Tetranychus sp., Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze), Thrips palmi Karny, Scirthothrips dorsalis Hood and Neorthacris sp. were recorded on amaranthus and four insect pests species viz., Spodoptera litura (Fabricius), Liriomyza sp. (Burgess), Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsely and Cletus punctiger were recorded on palak.
Amaranthus, palak, insect pests, mite pests, leaf webber, tobacco cut worm, leaf miner, horned coreid bug, stem weevil, flea beetle, grasshopper, aphids, thrips, mealy bug
