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- Title
FAUNAL COMPOSITION OF HYMENOPTERAN PARASITOIDS IN RAGI, PADDY AND SUGARCANE ECOSYSTEMS.
- Authors
Abhishek, M. S.; Mohanraj, Prashanth; Veena Kumari, K.; Rameshkumar, A.
- Abstract
Ragi, rice and sugarcane are three important crops of Karnataka. Their cultivation practices differ significantly. The order Hymenoptera is a group of insects of importance to man because they comprise pollinators, predators and parasitoids. Hymenoptera can act as useful biodiversity indicators as their abundance and richness reûect the diversity of other arthropods. This study was carried out to determine the faunal composition of hymenopteran parasitoids in ragi, paddy and sugarcane ecosystems at the College of Agriculture, V. C. Farm, Mandya, U.A.S., Bengaluru from March 2016 to February 2017. The fortnightly samples throughout the year in ragi, paddy and sugarcane yielded a total of 24,586 individuals of Hymenoptera belonging to 18 families from ragi and paddy and 19 families from the sugarcane ecosystem. Specimens belonging to the Trichogrammatidae, Mymaridae, Encyrtidae, Aphelinidae, Scelionidae and Platygastridae were identified up to the level of the genus.
- Subjects
KARNATAKA (India); BENGALURU (India); RAGI; PARASITOIDS; SUGARCANE; ARTHROPOD diversity; ECOSYSTEMS; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; INSECT pollinators
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 2020, Vol 23, Issue 2, p1101
- ISSN
0972-0030
- Publication type
Article