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VOL. 5, ISSUE 6 (2020)
Review on destructive pest tea mosquito bug, Helopeltis theivora of tea (Camellia sinensis)
Authors
Undela Sireesha, Rishika Borah, Divya Shree Ramdam, Bodhisattwa Modak, Bikash Pradhan
Abstract
Tea (Camellia sinensis) is one of the most important plantation crop in India. Tea crop is mostly growing in the state of Assam followed by the state west Bengal. Second only to water, tea is the most popular and widely consumed beverage in the world today. Tea crop is attacked by about 25 insect pests among them tea mosquito bug is most destructive pest. It is a sucking pest, and mainly attacks on tender stems, young leaves and buds. The adult of tea mosquito bug is identified by its body length of 6-8 mm and the body is slender and elongated with yellowish brown or olive green head, dark red thorax and yellow and greenish-black abdomen. By spraying DDT (0.1%) and Malathion (0.1%) the insect population can be controlled. Biologically we can control this pest by introducing the solitary egg parasitoids, Telenomus cuspis, chaetostricha sp and the predators like ant, crematogaster wrougtoni forel.
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Pages:222-228
How to cite this article:
Undela Sireesha, Rishika Borah, Divya Shree Ramdam, Bodhisattwa Modak, Bikash Pradhan "Review on destructive pest tea mosquito bug, Helopeltis theivora of tea (Camellia sinensis)". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 5, Issue 6, 2020, Pages 222-228
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