Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(9): 1246-1252 1246 Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.809.143 Efficacy of Different IPM Modules against Sucking Pests of Cucumber S. A. Sarade, A. S. Bagde*, P. B. Mohite and V. M. Karde Department of Entomology, R.C.S.M. College of Agriculture, Kolhapur- 416004 (MS), India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Cucumber, (Cucumis sativus L.), crop is grown worldwide and it ranks fourth in the list of economic vegetables in Asia after tomato, cabbage and onion. The nutritional composition of cucumber fruit per 100 g edible portion is water (96.30%), carbohydrate (2.7%), protein (0.40%), Total fat (0.10%), fiber (0.40%), mineral matter (0.4%).the fruit is a veritable source of vitamins such as vitamin A, C, K, E, (Vimala et al.,., 1999). One of the major constraints not attaining higher yields of cucurbits, as they are infested with sucking pests right from primordial stages of the crop to harvest of the products. Apart from sucking large amount of fluid from the growing plants and debilitating the plants aphids transmit the dreaded cucumber mosaic virus disease as a vector in a non persistent manner. The infected plants exhibit mosaic, vein banding and blistering on malformed leaves and fruits thereby reducing marketability. Hence, present investigation was undertaken to study the efficacy of different ipm modules against sucking pest of cucumber under natural infestation in the field conditions. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 09 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2017-18 with nine modules, replicated thrice, in the ‘Randomized Block Design’ with gross plot size 4.00 m x 3.00 m. The module M6 (7.92 aphids/plant) was found most superior in reducing aphids population at 25, 45 and 65 days after sowing. The next best module M4 (8.57 aphids/plant) and M5 (9.16 aphids/plant).The module M6 (5.39 jassids/plant) was found most superior in reducing jassids population at 25, 45 and 65 days after sowing. The next best module M4 (6.56 jassids/plant) and M5 (7.17 jassids/plant).The module M6 (5.83 whitefly/plant) was found most superior in reducing whitefly population at 25, 45 and 65 days after sowing. The next best module M4 (6.68 whitefly/plant) and M5 (7.03 whitefly/plant). Keywords Cucumber, Sucking pest, Yellow sticky trap Accepted: 14 August 2019 Available Online: 10 September 2019 Article Info