First report of flower chafer beetle, Oxycetonia versicolor, on pigeonpea and mungbean from Punjab, India

Biological Invasion of Imported Cabbageworm, Pieris rapae (L.), on Oilseed Brassica in Punjab, India

“…The changing scenario of insect pest problems in agriculture as a consequence of green revolution has been well documented [8,9]. The pest complexes have changed to the extent that some of the insects which had been known earlier to be sporadic, minor or non-injurious to these crops, have become serious pests in certain agroclimatic conditions today, whereas, other insects which were never previously recorded on these crops are now becoming a matter of concern [25]. For example, the large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) which was once a sporadic pest of oilseed Brassica has become a regular pest of oilseed Brassica [17] in this region and is one among the important pests after turnip aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) (Homoptera: Aphididae).…”