Sunil Kumar Yadav* and Shweta Patel
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263145 (U.S. Nagar) Uttarakhand
Email; 1989sunilyadav@gmail.com
Received-02.11.2015, Revised-12.11.2015
Abstract: A pest complex of about five insect pests belonging to three orders and 3 families were recorded at Pantnagar infesting the pea var. ‘Pant P-13’ at different stages of crop growth in an overlapping manner. Two species each belonged to the order Lepidoptera and Diptera, whereas, Hemiptera shared with one species. All the major parts of this legume plant viz., pod/seed, leaf and stem were found to be infested. Out of five insect species, two recorded as foliage feeders, one as sap suckers, one as pod feeders and one as stem feeder. Leaf miner, Chromatomyia horticola was observed as the major pests on pea. During the course of investigation, three species of natural enemies were found to be associated with insect pest of pea of which Diglyphus sp. was recorded major one.
Keywords: Insect-pest complex, natural enemies, Pisum sativum
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