author(s)
Vinayak N Jalgaonkar, Manoj Mahla, AV Naik, Kumud Naik, Anil Vyas and Gopal Golvankar

abstract
The present investigation was conducted to study the influence of sowing dates on the incidence of shoot and fruit borer on okra during summer 2016 and 2017 at RARS, Karjat. Okra crop was cultivated at 3 different sowing dates 2016 and 2017 during summer season (3^rd week of January, 1^st week of February and 3^rd week of February). Results revealed that the average data of two years 2016 and 2017, the incidence of okra shoot and fruit borer the maximum shoot and fruit borer infestation was recorded 33.70 percent in IX week after sowing in late sown crop whereas and it was recorded minimum in IV week i.e. 8.61 percent after sowing in early sown crop. The results showed that the infestation of the shoot and fruit borer increased with the delay in sowing of the crop.