author(s)
AY Munj, BN Sawant, KV Malshe, RM Dheware and AL Narangalkar

abstract
Mango hopper, thrips, shoot borer and leaf miner are the important pests of mango in Konkan region of Maharashtra. Also, the incidence of other pests like mealy bug, midge and scale is increasing. However, their exact status in the South Konkan region is not known. Therefore, a fixed plot survey was conducted to know the status of important pests of mango in the South Konkan region of Maharashtra during the vegetative flush and flowering period of 2015-16 and 2016-17. Ten mango trees were selected at five different locations of the South Konkan region for recording observations which were kept unsprayed. The observations on the intensity of important pests was recorded once in a month from October to February. The results revealed that during vegetative flush and flowering period, there were seven important foliage pests viz., mango hopper, thrips, midge, shoot borer, leaf miner, mealy bug and scale. Mango hopper and thrips were observed as the major pests, whereas, leaf miner, shoot borer, mealy bug, midge and scale insect were observed as the minor pests of mango in the South Konkan region of Maharashtra.