RUGOSE SPIRALLING WHITEFLY (RSW)-AN INVASIVE PEST IN INDIA

S.S. PATEL¹*, D.B. SISODIYA², R.G. PARMAR^3
1Department of Plant Pathology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujarat, India
²Department of Agricultural Entomology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujarat, India
³Department of Plant Pathology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : patelsonal1208@gmail.com

Received : 01-12-2020     Accepted : 13-12-2020     Published : 15-12-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 23       Pages : 10419 - 10421
Int J Agr Sci 12.23 (2020):10419-10421

Keywords : Invasive species, Rugose spiralling whitefly, Host range, Mark of identification, Biology, Nature of damage
Academic Editor : Dr Vipul N Kapadia, Dr Vijay Prajapati, Dr Balwinder Kumar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Plant Pathology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 110, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

In Gujarat, the rugose spiralling whitefly (RSW), Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleurodidae) is reported during the year 2019. It is an invasive and polyphagous pest that attacks a different host including coconut, banana. sapota, mango, custard apple, guava, curry tree, papaya, white wax jambu, Indian almond, curry tree, sorghum, groundnut etc. It has needle-like mouth parts and sucks cell sap from leaves. It causes stress to the plant by sucking nutrients and water. It excretes a sticky, glistening liquid substance (honeydew) on leaves which provides an excellent substrate for growth of sooty molds that reduces the photosynthesis activity. Management through cultural, mechanical, biological and chemical methods have been found effective again this pest

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