A study on the population dynamics of Polyphagotarsonemus latus in relation to weather parameters was carried out at Instructional Farm, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat, India, during the kharif-2018. The incidence of P. latus on sesame (Sesame indicum) was commenced from second week of September and continued till second week of October having a single peak ( mites/leaf) during last week of September in sesame crop. Mites population had positive and significant relationship with bright sunshine hours (BSS) [*]. There was positive and non-significant impact due to maximum temperature (MaxT) []. However, minimum temperature (MinT) [], morning and evening relative humidity {RH1 [], RH2 []}, wind velocity (WV) [- ] and rain (R) [] were negatively correlated with the incidence of mites population and the relationship was non- significant. | Population dynamics of sesame broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) in relation to weather parameters
