author(s)
RS Mali and BY Pawar

abstract
The research work on seasonal incidence and management of leaf eating caterpillar were conducted during kharif 2019 at the Farm of AICRP on MAP&B, MPKV, Rahuri. The studies on seasonal incidence of leaf eating caterpillar indicated that the incidence of leaf eating caterpillar was initiated from the last week of July (30^th MW) and remained continuous up to first week of December (49^th MW). The maximum population of eggs as well as larvae were observed during fourth week of October and reached its peak i.e. 26.4 larvae/plant. Thereafte, population declined gradually from 3^rd week of November (47^th MW) and remained up to 0.8% in first week of December (49^th MW). As regards, the management of leaf eating caterpillar, all treatments were found to be effective against leaf eating caterpillar. The treatment T₅ (Bt Bacillus thuringiensis @ 2ml / lit. water) proved to be significantly superior over all other treatment and found at par with treatment T₃ Azadiractin 10000 ppm @ 2ml /lit. water.