Vol. 9, Issue 6, Part A (2025)

The present investigation was conducted to study the Seasonal Incidence of garlic mite at Horticulture farm, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.) during rabi season in the year, 2024-25 on garlic crop. The incidence of mite on garlic started during fourth week of January (4^th SMW) with a mean population of 3 mites/cm² leaf area and reached to its peak in the second week of February (6^th SMW) with a mean population of 18.67 mites/cm² leaf area. The garlic mite cause severe damage to garlic leaves which shows curling, yellowing of leaves, foliage stunt, twist, and discoloration. Both adults and immature stages of the mite feed around the midrib of young leaves. The correlation studies revealed that the mite population had non-significant positive correlation with the temperature and non-significant negative with the relative humidity and rainfall.