Abstract
Brevipalpus phoenicis has been recognized as a serious pest of fruit crops and agricultural plants of varied economic utility, enjoying worldwide distribution. The present study elucidates the damage potential of this species on a common medicinal shrub of South India, namely Ocimum gratissimum, a so-far unrecorded host to B. phoenicis. The feeding activity of the mite on the leaves of O. gratissimum induced drastic reduction in the levels of chlorophyll a and b. Statistical analysis of the data on quantitative loss of chlorophyll due to the feeding activity of B. phoenicis (using t-test) was proved highly significant at 0.05 level, thereby establishing the pest status of the species on O. gratissimum.
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