Vol. 12 No. 2
Biodiversity of borer insect-pests infesting citrus in Punjab
Author(s): S. SINGH AND G. KAUR
Abstract: Insect-pestsrnplay a major role among the various limiting factors in the successfulrncultivation of citrus crops. Recently, borer insect-pests have emerged as newrnthreat for the citrus growers. The present surveys were aimed for studying thernbiodiversity of different borer insect-pests infesting citrus plants in Punjab.rnRoving and fixed plot surveys were conducted in citrus growing areas of thernthree agro-climatic zones of to record the biodiversity of borer insect-pestsrnduring 2013-14 and 2014-15. This study reports six borerrninsect-pests on citrus crops in the Punjab which includes Citrusrnbark borer, Agrilus citri Thery, Citrus root borer, Dorysthernus (Lophosternus)rnhuegelii( Redtenbacher), American bollworm, Helicoverparnarmigera (Hubner), bark eating caterpillar, Indarbela sp., stem borers,rnBatocera rufomaculata (De Geer) and Batocera rubus (Linnaeus), and pomegranaternbutterfly, Virachola (=Deudorix) isocrates (Fabricius).
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