DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF ARTHROPODS ON RICE PANICLE

A. NAYAK¹, K.S. BEHERA²*, P.K. MOHAPATRA^3
1Department of Zoology, Agalpur P.S. College, Roth, Balangir,767061, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, 768019, Odisha, India
²Division of Crop Protection, ICAR - National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 753004, Odisha, India
³Department of Life Science, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, 768019, Odisha, India
* Corresponding Author : beherak@rediffmail.com

Received : 17-03-2018     Accepted : 20-03-2018     Published : 30-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 6       Pages : 5450 - 5453
Int J Agr Sci 10.6 (2018):5450-5453

Keywords : rice, panicle, fauna, diversity, guild
Academic Editor : Sathish Vangaru, Dr Alok Kumar Yadav
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to UGC, New Delhi for financial support for research. Author thankful to ICAR - National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 753004, Odisha, India and Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, 768019, Odisha, India.
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

A study was conducted in Balangir and Bargarh districts of Odisha during wet season on the popular rice varieties Swarna and Lalat during 2014 and 2015 to evaluate the diversity of different fauna visiting the panicle from flowering to maturing. Organisms were collected using sweep net method and visual observation. Overall, 126 species were observed that belonged to 110 genera, 40 families of insects, 8 families of spiders and 3 families of birds under 11 orders. Lepidopterans constituted the highest number species (21%) followed by the hymenopterans (18%), hemipterans (17%). Spiders represented only 10% of the species. Hemipterans were collected in highest number (223).

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