author(s)
S Pal, A Banerjee and S Samanta

abstract
Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) is an important rabi pulse crop world wide. There are many constraints in the production of this crop, among which attack of insect pests is the important ones. Climate also have a significant role in changing the pest scenario of the crop. Among the various pests of field pea gram pod borer is the notorious one. Therefore, an experiment was carried out in kalyani A-B block farm of BCKV during rabi seasons of 2017-18 and 2018-19. The larval population of pod borer was recorded at weekly interval. Peak larval population was recorded on 12 weeks after sowing in both years at fifty percent pod maturity stage. Temperature (maximum and minimum) showed positive and significant correlation with intensity of gram pod borer during both seasons but maximum relative humidity and rainfall showed negative and non-significant correlation.