author(s)
Ravulapenta Sathish, M Manjunatha and K Rajashekarappa

abstract
The investigation was carried out to know the incidence of shoot fly on proso millet during 2015-16 at Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (ZAHRS), UAHS, Hiriyur. The shoot fly incidence was found to be higher in 15^th July to 15^th October sown crops. The peak incidence was observed on 15^th August (23.0 % deadhearts) and 1^st August (20.93 % deadhearts) sown crops whereas low incidence was on 1^st May (0.59 % deadhearts) sown the crop. The higher number of eggs per plant was noticed on 15^th August (2.05 eggs/plant) sown crop whereas low on 1^st May (0.16 eggs/plant) sown crops Predatory coccinellids ((Coccinella transversalis Fabricius and Cheilomenes sexmaculata Fabricius) and larval parasitoids (Halticoptera sp. and Trichopria sp.) were predominant natural enemies of shoot fly observed in the proso millet ecosystem at different sowing dates. Shoot fly incidence had direct significant and negative association with the relative humidity.