Record Of Some Hemipteran Pests Of Cucurbits From Jammu Region Of Jammu And Kashmir State

Cucurbits are vegetable crops belonging to Family Cucurbitaceae, forming the largest group of summer vegetables grown throughout the world and India shares about 5.6% of the total cucurbits production. Gourd (Luffa cylindrical), Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), Cucumber (Cucumis sativus), Red pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima), Melon (Cucumis melo) and Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) are common species known in cultivation. Cucurbits infested with a variety of insect pests right from the primordial stages of the crop to harvest of the products. During the study period, a total of 5 insect pests, belonging to order Hemiptera were collected.