Influence of certain leaf characters of some summer vegetables with incidence of predatory mites of the family Cunaxidae

Abstract Influence of morphological plant characters such as leaf hairiness, length of hairs, leaf area and surface waxes of the leaves were studied against the abundance of cunaxid mites in some summer vegetables viz., brinjal, tomato, pumpkin and cucumber in four different localities of Punjab. Hairiness, hair length, leaf area and surface waxes of leaves had negative effect on the cunaxid population. Maximum population was recorded from brinjal (2.77) followed by tomato (2.55), pumpkin (1.1) and cucumber (0.91) respectively