• Abul Faiz
• Dr.Rezina Ahmed

This study has been undertaken to list out the insect pests of black gram in the field of village Dehar Kuriha of Kamrup district of Assam, India. The western part of Assam, known as lower Assam, is a marginalized low land area where paddy is the primary crop. The pulse variety, black gram (Vigna mungo L.) is also cultivated in a large area especially in the river bank of the Brahmaputra. This crop is infested by many insects in field from sowing to harvesting as well as in post harvesting period. A survey was carried out during kharif season from August, 2016 to November, 2016 to know the various insect pests which damage the crop. 15 species of insect pests have been recorded in all stages of the black gram in the field. Among them, aphid, Aphis craccivora, leaf hopper, Empoasca kerri, grass hoppers, Attractomorpha crenulata , bihar hairy caterpillar, Spilosoma obliqua, coreid bugs, Riptortus pedestris, and Clavigralla gibbosa, pentatomid bug Nezara viridula, pod boring weevil, Apion clavipes, white fly, Bemicia tabaci, leaf weber, Omiodes indicata, grey weevil, Mylloceros undecimpustulatus, blue butterfly, Lampides boeticus, pulse beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus were considered as serious defoliators and sucking pests. The pod borer complex included Helicoverpa armigera and Maruca testulalis. The population of all insect pests was more abundant on the crop during September to harvesting in November, 2016.

Black gram, insect, pest, survey.

"INCIDENCE OF INSECT PESTS ON BLACKGRAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.266-271, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807758.pdf

"INCIDENCE OF INSECT PESTS ON BLACKGRAM", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp266-271, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807758.pdf