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Eulophid Seed Borer, Anselmella kerrichi (Narayanan et al.; Hymenoptera), An Emerging Pest of Jamun


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1 Division of Entomology and Nematology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesseraghatta Lake PO, Bengaluru 560 089, India
2 Division of Fruit Crops, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesseraghatta Lake PO, Bengaluru 560 089, India
 

Jamun, Syzygium cumini L. (Myrtaceae) is a common evergreen perennial fruit tree of tropical and subtropical regions. Being native to India and Myanmar, it is found throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific regions1,2. The tree bears annually, sweetish and sour, dark-purple berries that are much sought after for their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and free-radical-scavenging properties3. The existing literature provides an exhaustive list of various insect pests (~78 species) that could infest S. cumini in India4. However, none of these studies reported seed borer, Anselmella kerrichi (Narayanan et al., 1958) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) as an insect pest of jamun.
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Authors

P. D. Kamala Jayanthi
Division of Entomology and Nematology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesseraghatta Lake PO, Bengaluru 560 089, India
Anjana Subramoniam
Division of Entomology and Nematology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesseraghatta Lake PO, Bengaluru 560 089, India
A. Rekha
Division of Fruit Crops, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesseraghatta Lake PO, Bengaluru 560 089, India
B. R. Jayanthi Mala
Division of Entomology and Nematology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesseraghatta Lake PO, Bengaluru 560 089, India

Abstract


Jamun, Syzygium cumini L. (Myrtaceae) is a common evergreen perennial fruit tree of tropical and subtropical regions. Being native to India and Myanmar, it is found throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific regions1,2. The tree bears annually, sweetish and sour, dark-purple berries that are much sought after for their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and free-radical-scavenging properties3. The existing literature provides an exhaustive list of various insect pests (~78 species) that could infest S. cumini in India4. However, none of these studies reported seed borer, Anselmella kerrichi (Narayanan et al., 1958) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) as an insect pest of jamun.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv117%2Fi6%2F922-924