STUDY ON BIODIVERSITY OF PHOTOTACTIC HARMFUL INSECT FAUNA COLLECTED IN LIGHT TRAP IN CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum Linn.) ECOSYSTEM

A.K. SHARMA¹*, R. MANDLOI², R. PACHORI^3
1Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
³Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Adhartal, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : rishikeshmandloi1@gmail.com

Received : 17-02-2017     Accepted : 02-03-2017     Published : 12-03-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 12       Pages : 4037 - 4040
Int J Agr Sci 9.12 (2017):4037-4040

Keywords : Chick pea, Light trap, Bio diversity, and Insect Fauna
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Thanks to most esteemed senior professor Dr. Rajesh Pachori (Professor), and Dr. O.P. Veda (Prof. & Head), Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, JNKVV, Jabalpur, thanks for his most valuable and inspiring guidance, close supervision, constant encouragement and constructive criticism coupled with valuable suggestions during the course of this investigation and in preparation of this manuscript
Author Contribution : None declared

The present experiment was conducted under the study on scope and use of light trap as IPM tool in chickpea ecosystem. Documentation of information was done on biodiversity of harmful insect fauna in chickpea ecosystem collected in light trap at Jabalpur. Standard design of Jawahar light trap with 80 W mucury vapor lamp was used to record the insect catches in chickpea crop from September 2012 to April 2013. Data was classified on taxonomic and economic aspect as crop pests. In all 51 species of insects were collected during the cropping season of chickpea. These insect species belongs to 6 insect orders and 23 families. Lepidoptera was the largest order with 30 species. Other major orders were Hemiptera (9 species), Coleoptera (4 species) and Orthoptera (6 species). Isoptera (1 species) & Diptera, (1 species)were the other orders of minor significance. Based on economic importance this collection was represented by 51 species of harmful insects.

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