National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Roving surveys were taken from September 2015 to 2017 covering Theni and Dindigul districts of Tamil Nadu, India aiming to document the occurrence of major insect pests and their natural enemies in cauliflower crop at different elevations. The insect pest diversity of cauliflower was from Lepidoptera (29.63 per cent), Homoptera (14.81 per cent), Orthoptera (14.81 per cent), Hemiptera (7.81 per cent), Coleoptera (7.41 per cent), Diptera (7.41 per cent), Hymenoptera (3.70 per cent), Thysanoptera (3.70 per cent), Dermaptera (3.70 per cent), Dictyoptera (3.70 per cent) and Acarina (3.70 per cent) respectively. The natural enemies diversity were from Hymenoptera (41.67 per cent), Coleoptera (20.83 per cent), Hemiptera (12. 50 per cent), Diptera (8.33 per cent), Neuroptera (4.17 per cent), Odonata (4.17 per cent) and Araneae (8.33 per cent). The most damaged plant parts were curds followed by leaves and stem.
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