author(s)
Mahendra Bele, MA Alam, Sunil Silavat, Lokendra Jatav, Monika Choudhary and Subhash

abstract
The experiment entitled qualitative and quantitative estimation of insect pests and their natural enemies on onion crop in Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh conducted during Rabi 2018- 2019 and 2019 - 2020 in the department of Entomology of School of agriculture at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University of social science Mhow Indore (M.P.). In quantitative and qualitative estimation of pests and their natural enemies on onion crop the qualitative estimation (incidence of insect pest) of pests on onion crop during Rabi 2018 -19 and 2019 - 2020 is presented in Table 1. It is conspicuous from it that the crop was infested by various insect pests in deferent intensity and at a different interval of time during the crop growth. Among all the infesting insects, Thrips {Thrips tabaci, Oder- Thysanoptera, Family- Thripidae}, Pod borer {Helicoverpa armigera (Hb.), Oder-Lepidoptera: Family-Noctuidae}, Tobacco caterpillar {Spodoptera litura, Order- Lepidoptera: Family Noctuidae} and cutworm {(Agrotis ipsilon) Order- Lepidoptera: Family- Noctuidae} were observed.