author(s)
MM Dubale, VN Jalgaonkar, AY Munj, KV Naik and GM Golvankar

abstract
The present study was carried out on the effect of meteorological parameters on the abundance of flea beetle infesting ridge gourd during kharif season of 2017 at the Central Experimental Station, Wakawali, Dist. Ratnagiri. The results revealed that there were marked differences in infestation of flea beetle. The infestation of flea beetle (0.24 ± 6.67) was started in the 26^th SMW (25 June - 01 July). Minimum flea beetle infestation (0.24 ± 6.67) was recorded in 26^th SMW (25 June - 01 July), while maximum (27.56 ± 6.67) infestation was recorded during 40^th SMW (01 - 07 October). The data on correlation between mean infestation of flea beetle with different meteorological parameters showed that the various meteorological parameters found to be non significant.