Vol. 8, Special Issue 12, Part C (2024)

The field experiment was conducted at the Field of Bio-control Research and Production Centre, College of Agriculture, Jabalpur, during the Rabi season (2023-24). Brinjal variety VNR-212 was sown in a 60 m² plot, damage of insect pests were recorded and correlated with the weather data. Result revealed that the peak incidence of sucking insects viz., aphids (18.33 aphids per six leaves per plant), jassids (4.28 jassids per six leaves per plant) and whiteflies (13.10 whiteflies per six leaves per plant) were observed during the 8^th, 8^th and 10^th standard weeks, respectively. The peak incidence of brinjal shoot and fruit borer was recorded during the 9^th and 13^th standard weeks with 18.82% shoot infestation and 36.41% fruit infestation, respectively. Correlation analysis was revealed that Aphids and jassids population significantly positive correlated with wind speed, while whiteflies population were significantly positive correlated with maximum temperature, sunshine and evaporation. Fruit infestation was significantly positive correlated with maximum temperature but was significantly negative correlated with evening relative humidity and wind speed.