author(s)
Ram Karan Gaur, Mukesh Kumar, Sushil Sharma and Bijender Singh Yadav

abstract
The survey aimed to document the occurrence of insect and non insect pest of ber fruits grown in South West Haryana. The fifteen insect-pests including non insect pest, infesting ber have been recorded during the study. The five pest i.e. Ber fruit flies (Carpomyia vesuviana Costa and Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel), fruit borer (Meridarchis scyrodes Meyrick) lac insect, (Laccifer lacca kerr), Defoliating beetle (Holotrichia consanguinea Blanch.) and fruit bats, Pteropus spp. were recorded as major pests. The surveys revealed that cumulative infestation of Carpomyia vesuviana Costa and Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel ranged from 5.0-36.0 and 8.0-44.0 per cent during 2017-18 and 2018-19 in different districts of South West Haryana. The current study has shown that lac insects caused plant infestation varied from 4.0-7.0 per cent during 2017-18 and 6.0- 8.0 per cent during 2018-19 in various districts of south west Haryana It is estimated that production losses due to insect pests and non insect pest are around 30 per cent in ber crop.