Report on Hemipteran Pest Diversity on Apple Plantations (<I>Malus domestica</I> Borkh.) in Jammu and Kashmir State of India

Abstract

Twelve species belonging to different families of Hemiptera viz. Aphididae (Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann, Aphis pomi De Geer), Reduvidae (Reduvius delicatula Distant), Dictyopharidae (Putala rostrata Melichar), Diaspididae (Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock), Pentatomidae (Nezara viridula (Linnaeus), Halyomorpha halys Stal, Halys dentatus Fabricius, Scutelleridae (Chrysocoris purpureus Westwood), Fulgoridae (Borysthers sp.), Jassidae (Empoasca sp.) and Membracidae (Oxyrachis rufescens Walker) have been reported infesting apple plantations from different apple growing districts viz. Bhaderwah, Batote, Kishtwar, Udhampur, Poonch and Rajouri districts of Jammu province of Jammu Province. Their distribution, host plants, diagnostic features and damage caused by these pests to apple plantations are also discussed in the present paper.

City longhorn beetle (Aeolesthes sarta): A review of the species, its distribution, ecology, damage, prevention and control

“…The insecticide implantation approach was effectively employed against A. sarta in the field. This approach has also been used against other forms of borers, such as Aeolesthes holosericea Fabricius (Gupta, Tara 2014). The application of organophosphates and/or neonicotinoids through injection into predrilled holes significantly targeted the adults and young larvae of A. sarta (Wang 2017).…”

Impact of insect pests and pesticides on fruit productivity in Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand, India

“…In comparison, Joshi and Joshi (1980) Cydiapomonella (Linnaeus) is one of the key pests of apple fruit trees that directly affect the economy and cause severe damage to the apple trees (Pajac et al, 2011;Shahnawaz et al, 2014;Mahzoum et al, 2017). Gupta and Pathania (2017) investigated the diversity of hemipteran pests that feeds on apple crops in different districts of Jammu and Kashmir State of India. They reported the total of 12 species infesting apple crops from different apple growing areas of Jammu division, among which Eriosoma lanigerum Hausmann, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus Comstock and Dalpada sp.…”

“…Apples are major temperate fruit crops and grown over several years in the same habitat which serves as a permanent abode for the multiplication of various insect pests. Thousands of insect pests have been recorded from temperate fruit trees all over the world, of which, more than 600 pests are found on apples alone (Gupta and Pathania, 2017). Apple is one of the most widely cultivated temperate fruit tree in all the hilly areas of the world and India is ranked as the sixth largest world's apple producing country and second largest country in area.…”

MEWASPADAI HAMA PEMAKAN DAUN Sexava nubila dan Thosea monoloncha DI PERKEBUNAN KELAPA SAWIT INDONESIA TIMUR

“…Selain tanaman kelapa, ulat T. monoloncha juga diketahui menyebabkan kerusakan pada inang alternatifnya seperti jambu dan pisang (Sambiran et al, 2016). Selain itu, tanaman apel juga dilaporkan menjadi salah satu inang dari genus ulat api ini (Gupta et al, 2016).…”