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VOL. 10, ISSUE 2 (2025)
Studies on diversity of insect pests and their arthropods predator in the agroecosystem of maize in Udaipur
Authors
Pooja Rulania, Aparna Kumawat, Laxmi Jangir
Abstract
An on site-investigation was conducted at
MPUAT Agriculture Farm, Udaipur, Rajasthan. A random survey was done during
kharif seasons, 2024 to investigate the diversity of insect pests and their
Arthropods predator in the agroecosystem of maize. Insect pests complex
infesting the maize crop was recorded from 25 days after germination till
harvest of crop at weekly interval. The maize crop attacked by the several
insect pests during different growth stages like vegetative, flowering and pod
stages. In this study, 24 insect pest species were collected and identified
from the field. Insect species belonging to 12 families under 5 orders namely
Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, and Orthoptera were recorded. The
order Lepidoptera exhibited the maximum 9 species followed by Coleoptera 8
species, Hemiptera 4 species, Orthoptera 2 Species and Diptera 1 species. Among
all the insect pests’ tobacco cutworm, fall army worm, army worm, maize stem
borer, cob bore, pink stem borer and aphid were found most abundance in the
field. The predator’s species was also quite diverse. We observed 13 predator’s
species, belonging to Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, Montodea
order in the class Insecta and two spider species, belonging to Araneae order
in the class Arachnida of the phylum Arthropoda.
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Pages:80-83
How to cite this article:
Pooja Rulania, Aparna Kumawat, Laxmi Jangir "Studies on diversity of insect pests and their arthropods predator in the agroecosystem of maize in Udaipur". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 10, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 80-83
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