author(s)
SJ Shejulpatil, SR Kulkarni, AP Chavan, NS Kute and AB Tambe

abstract
The present investigation entitled “Seasonal incidence of spotted pod borer, Maruca vitrata (Geyer) on pigeonpea” were carried out to observe the incidence of spotted pod borer on pigeonpea variety ICPL 87 revealed that the infestation the pest incidence commenced from 2nd week of August and the active population of spotted pod borer, M. vitrata on pigeonpea crop observed during flowering and pod development season. The correlation studies between the seasonal incidence of spotted pod borer, M. vitrata population and per cent pod damage with weather parameters revealed that maximum temperature and bright sunshine had significantly positive correlation with mean number of M. vitrata webs/plant and per cent pod damage respectively whereas morning relative humidity had significantly negative correlation with per cent pod damage.