Studies of vegetable pests of Ramgarh (Jharkhand, India): A case study of cabbage pests

Ramgarh is a beautiful district town of Jharkhand state, about 40 km from Ranchi, situated at N.H.31. Forest, hills and rivers give it an attractive looks .The local population is totally depends on agriculture especially the production of vegetables villege,Chhattarmandu, Gosa, Jara, Kankebar, Koiritola, Murrambari, Murramkala etc. are the main vegetable producing villages. Potato, Brinjal, Tomato,cabbage, cauliflower, Radish, and all types of vegetables of cucurbitacea family are the main crops.The cabbage is one of the important vegetable produced in huge amount in Ramgarh .The nutritional value and liking of taste makes it the most popular vegetable, producing throughout the year as availability of irrigation. The vegetables are get damaged by the vegetable pests,”Crocidolomia binotalis” (Zell) and “Peiris brassicae”, Linn, are the main pests of cabbage . The loss by pest are not merely in terms of quantity but also in quality of vegetables and change the various essential chemical constituents regards the nutritive and lime carbaryl (0.1%), femitrothin (0.05 %) etc, application of pesticide minimize the pest population .