TY - JOUR AU - S. SATHYA, K. ARCHUNAN, M. PAZHANISAMY, PY - Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - INFLUENCE OF WEATHER FACTORS ON INCIDENCE OF SHOOT AND FRUIT BORER (Earias vittella Fabiricus) ON BHENDI JF - Horticultural Biotechnology Research JA - HBR VL - 4 IS - 0 SE - SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLES DO - 10.25081/hbr.2018.v4.3491 UR - https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/hbr/article/view/3491 SP - 30-34 AB - <p>The field experiments were carried out in the farmer field at C. Mutlur near Chidambaram during rabi and kharif 2017. The results of experiments revealed that the per cent shoot damage and fruit damage by <em>E. vittella </em>on bhendi &nbsp;reached peak on 13<sup>th</sup> and 15<sup>th</sup> MSW in rabi season, whereas 43<sup>rd</sup> and 42<sup>nd</sup> MSW in kharif season. The per cent shoot damage and fruit damage by <em>E. vittella </em>were exerted significantly positively correlated with minimum (0.552 &amp; 0.698) and maximum temperature (0.629 &amp; 0.748), whereas rainfall positively correlated with per cent shoot and fruit damage but it was non significant (0.111 &amp; 0.297), however relative humidity (-0.178 &amp; -0.210) and sunshine hours were exerted negatively correlated with per cent shoot damage and fruit damage by <em>E. vittella</em> during rabi 2017. The kharif season 2017 indicated that per cent shoot damage and fruit damage of bhendi was positively non significant association with RH and rain fall, while negatively non significant correlation with minimum temperature (-0.43 &amp; -0.309) and sunshine hours (-0.265 &amp; -0.283) was recorded.</p> ER -