Abstract

Vegetable seed production is a complex among the entrepreneurships warranting the attack of an array of insect
pests including the most primitive one Lucerne flea Sminthurus viridis (Collembola: Sminthuridae) to the
most evolved hymenopteran pest, the mustard saw fly Athalia lugens (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Much
homogeneous crops required for vegetable seed production along with an intensive use of agro-chemicals and
the compounding effects of global climate change have accelerated the resistance, resurgence, outbreaks and
trans-boundary invasions of insect pests. Yet, the option is an integrated pest management (IPM) to settle the pest
population below economic threshold. This article reviews the major field and storage pest insects associated
with vegetable seed production in Nepal.
Keywords: Insect pests, Pest invasion, Pest management, Vegetable seeds