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VOL. 7, ISSUE 7 (2022)
Survey and observation of sugarcane insect pests in U. S. Nagar district Uttarakhand
Authors
Anju Maheshwari, S N Rao
Abstract
Surveys and observation were conducted in sugarcane farmer’s fields in planted/ seeded crops distributed over at four places of district U. S. Nagar during two successive years 2017 -18 and 2018 -19 with an aim to gather knowledge of insect pests in this field towards developing surveys schedule for the farmer to recommend control measures and to determine the different sugarcane pests in U. S. Nagar. A total of one hundred canes from each places have been studied for the experimentation. Different developmental stages of sugarcane observed critically with naked eyes or with hand lens, for collection of insect pests as well as their pests and predators. Among the various insect pest; root borer, top borer, early shoot borer and leaf hopper, can be studied as major pests, while mealy bug, scale insect, woolly aphid and yellow aphid as minor pests. The survey and observation were conducted in the months of March to till harvest of the crop. Among different insect pest shoot borer remained active from March to July, top borer from June to December, root borer from April to July, leaf hopper from March to October, scale insect from May to November, mealy bug from August to November and aphids from November to February, respectively. The results revealed that the eight species of insect pests causing damage to sugarcane at different developmental stages were recorded during survey. Similar mode was also observed in 2018 -19.
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Pages:88-90
How to cite this article:
Anju Maheshwari, S N Rao "Survey and observation of sugarcane insect pests in U. S. Nagar district Uttarakhand". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 7, Issue 7, 2022, Pages 88-90
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