The Population Dynamics of Insects in Sugarcane Field at Aundipatti, Theni District, Tamil Nadu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53555/nnmhs.v1i2.633Keywords:
Population dynamics of insects, sugarcane, Predominant pestAbstract
Sugarcane (Saccharum offecinarum L) is one of the most important commercial crops of the tropical countries and is the main source of sugar in the world. Sugarcane crop is affected by more than 60 insects of which about 10 insects are rather more important as far as the yield loss is concerned. Among the major insects damaging sugarcane, borers, sucking pests, soil dwelling insects are more prevalent in Tamil Nadu and adjoining states which account for 20% loss in cane yield and 15% loss in sugar yield. About 200 species of insects have been reported as damaging sugarcane crop in India. Light trap serves as an important survey tool to sample population of nocturnal insects effectively. Trapping methods are principal tools in insect pest management programs. The goal of this study was to assess population dynamics of insects in a sugarcane field at Aundipatti, Tamil Nadu. A 6 month study was conducted to sample insects using light trap at the farmer’s field from July 2011 to December 2011. Collected specimens were identified to species level and predominant species were identified. Predominant herbivore species were Diatraea saccharalis, Melanotus communis and Agrostis capillaries L. The result of this study provides important information related to the status of insects in sugarcane field.
References
Ambrose, D.P (2004). The Insects: structure, function and biodiversity. Ludhiana, India: Kalyani Publishers. PP. 821.
Ambrose, D.P. and D. Livingstone. (1989). Population dynamics of Assassin bugs from Peninsular India (Insecta: Heteroptera: Reduviidae. J. Bombay Nat.Hist.Soc.,86:388-395.
Anonymous (2006). Economic survey. Govt. of Pak. Finance division. Economic Advisory wing, Islamabad, pp. 14.
Chu C. C., Pinter P. J., Henneberry T. J., Umeda K., Natwick E.T., 2000.- Use of CC traps with different trap base colors for silverleaf whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae).- Journal of Economic
Entomology, 93: 1329-1337.
David, H and V. Nandagopal (1988). Pests of sugarcane distribution, symptomatology of attack and identification. Sugarcane Entomology in India, (Ed. David, H., Easwarmoorthy, S. and Jayanthi, R.), Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR), Coimbatore Publication, pp. 1-29.
Hansely, S.D. (1971). Management of sugarcane borer population in Louisiana, a decade of change. Entomophaga 16: 133-146.
Iqbal M, Haq Z, Jamil Y, Ahmad MR (2012). Magnetic treatment on growth and chlorophyll sativum L.). Int. J. Agrophysics. (Accepted).
Kersting U., Baspinar H., Uygun N., Satar S., 1997.- Comparison of two sampling methods for leafhoppers (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) associated with sesame in the east Mediterranean region of Turkey.- Journal of Pest Science, 70: 131-135.
Muralirangan, M.C, Suresh, P and P.P. Dhang (1993). Observations on the grasshopper species diversity, density and distributional pattern in peninsular India. Can. Entomol. 112(3,4):201-210.
Nader Sallam (2011) Review of current knowledge on the population dynamics of Dermolepida albohirtum (Waterhouse) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). aAustralian Journal of Entomology,BSES Limited, PO 122, Gordonvale, Qld 4865, Australia.50, 300–308.
Nayar, K.K., T.N. Ananthakrishnan and B.V.David (1990). General and applied entomology. Tata Mc Graw-Hill Publishing company Ltd. New Delhi. PP.589.
Neilsen. (1978). The ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Northern and interior Alaska. Entmol. News, 98 (2): 74-87.
Raja K. M., Arivudainambi S., (2004). Efficacy of sticky traps against bhendi leaf hopper, Amrasca biguttula biguttula Ishida.- Insect Environment, 10: 32-32.
Ramamurthy V. V., Akhtar M. S., Patankar N. V., Menon P., Kumar R., Singh S. K., Ayri S., Parveen S., Mittal V., (2010). Efficiency of different light source in light traps in monitoring insect diversity.- Munis Entomology and Zoology, 5(1): 109-114.
Vats, L. K. and Mittal. (1983). Insect population density in tropical deciduous forest stand. Proc. of IV. All India symp. Environ. Biol., (Ed) A.K. Dattagupta and R.P. Malbyva.
Verma, R., S.M. Vaishampayan and R.R. Rawat. (1982). Influence of weather factors on the light trap catch of Gram podoborer, Heliothis armigera (Huner) moths. Indian J. Ent., 44 (3): 213-218.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Licensing
Ninety Nine Publication publishes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This licensing allows for any use of the work, provided the original author(s) and source are credited, thereby facilitating the free exchange and use of research for the advancement of knowledge.
Detailed Licensing Terms
Attribution (BY): Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. Users may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses them or their use.
No Additional Restrictions: Users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
