Open AccessCorrelation Between Climatic Factors And Leafminer (Insecta: Agromyzidae) Infestation On Three Vegetable Crops In Chittagong, Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Santosh Mazumdar,
Badrul Amin Bhuiya
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the asiatic society of bangladesh. science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2408-8676
pISSN - 1016-6947
DOI - 10.3329/jasbs.v41i1.46066
Subject(s) - infestation , agromyzidae , agronomy , humidity , biology , relative humidity , microclimate , horticulture , toxicology , pest analysis , geography , ecology , meteorology
Present study deals with the impact of climatic factors (temperature, humidity and wind speed) on agromyzid leafminers infestation in three cultivated crops viz. Tomato, French bean and Cowpea. Correlation studies showed that there was significantly positive relation of temperature, whereas wind speed showed negative relation to agromyzid infestation on cultivated crops. But there was no significant relation with humidity. Temperature influenced infestation rate as 18.70 ± 4.12, 16.01 ± 15.85 and 9.38 ± 9.10 % for Tomato, French bean and Cowpea respectively.
Asiat. Soc. Bangladesh, Sci. 41(1): 1-5, June 2015