The field experiment was conducted at Research Cum Instructional Farm at IGKV, Raipur (C.G.) during kharif 2018, to know the seasonal incidence of sucking pests viz…aphid (Aphis craccivora), thrip (Scirtothrips dorsalis) and hoppers (Empoasca kerri) infesting groundnut. Aphid, thrips and hoppers appeared during 33rd standard meteorological week (SMW) i.e. 13th-19th August( 2nd week) . The peak population of aphid were observed in the first week of September with a mean population of 8.48 top 2cm shoot. Whereas, the peak population of thrips (3.84/top bud leaves) and hoppers(5.68/top 3 leaves) were observed in the second week of September.

The correlation between hoppers, E. kerri and weather parameters during kharif 2018 results indicated that the population demonstrated a significant positive association with minimum temperature (r = 0.610) and mean temperature (0.575), while thrips, S. dorsalis also showed significant positive association with minimum temperature (r = 0.681) and mean temperature (0.606).