author(s)
N Kamakshi, P Pullaibai, V Surekha Devi, ASR Sharma and Y Padmalatha

abstract
The present study on seasonal incidence of major insect pests and avoidable yield loss was worked out at Institutional farm, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh during kharif, 2016 and 2017. The highest thrips damage was recorded in finger millet (78.0 and 55% leaf damage), high shoot fly incidence was recorded in little millet (75 and 51%) and proso millet (100 and 46% dead hearts) during 2016 and 2017. During 2016, a high Helicoverpa armigera larval population per m²was recorded in foxtail millet (15.0), barnyard millet (12.0), Kodo millet (5.0) and Finger millet (5.0) at grain maturity stage. A yield loss of 15.2 and 7.9% in foxtail millet were mainly due to thrips and Helicoverpa armigera and a yield loss of 8.5% and 5.1% in barnyard millet were mainly attributed to Helicoverpa armigera during 2016 and 2017. There was 100 and 16.6% yield loss in proso millet and 34.8 and 22.3% yield loss in little millet was mainly due to shoot fly incidence at tillering stage.