Incidence of pepper weevil (Lophobaris piperis Mrshl.) larvae in Kluang, Johor

A. Mohd. Anuar

Abstract

The result of a 3-year survey to monitor the incidence of the pepper weevil (Lophobaris piperis Mrshl.) larvae in the field indicated that rainfall had no significant association with larval population level. This was shown by the low and non-significant (p <0.05) correlation value (r = 0.297) between mean larva count per vine against rainfall parameters, namely total monthly rainfall (r = 0.004), monthly rainfall frequency (r = –0.021) and mean rainfall volume per rainy day (r = 0.118).

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