International Journal of Plant Protection

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Insect Pest Complex of Chilli, Capsicum annum L. and their Natural Enemies in Jabalpur


Affiliations
1 Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva Bharti, Bolpur, Birbhum (W.B.), India
2 Department of Agricultural Entomology, K.K. Wagh College of Agriculture, Panchavati, NASHIK (M.S.), India
3 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.), India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


A field experiment was conducted at experimental field of the Department of Horticulture, Maharajpur, J.N. Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.) during winter season of 2009-10. In chilli, six species of insect pests and two species of cocinellid predator and one braconid parasitoid of aphid were enumerated. At first sucking pests like whitefly, thrips, aphid and jassid were appeared at 7 days after transplanting and remained active till onset of reproductive stage. The Lepidopteron borers viz., Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera litura tobacco caterpillar and gram pod borer appeared were the next group of insects appear on the crop during reproductive stage and remained there till the crop matures. All these are the key pests of chilli in the region which caused colossal yield losses. The natural enemies observed were two species of lady bird beetle and a parasitoid of aphid. Parasitoid of aphid was observed when the crop was about 63 and 84 days old, respectively i.e. the reproductive stage it is evident that the natural enemies was present on the aphids when which remained active up to the third week of March i.e. aphids population were disappeared in the reproductive stage of the crop.

Keywords

Chilli, Key Pest, Predator, Parasitoid, Canopy Level.
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


  • Ayyar, T.V.R. (2005). Compendium of Agricultural Statistics, Government of Madhya Pradesh Bhopal. pp:142.

  • Ayyar, T.V.R. (2006). Commissionner, Land Record, M.P. Ministry of Agriculture,Government of India,pp:1-47.

  • Ayyar, T.V.R. (2009). Indian Horticulture Database NHB. Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India,pp:1-301.

  • Ayyar, T.V.R. (2103). Annual Report (Various issues : 2009 to 2013). Spice Board, Calicut (Kerala) India.

  • Ayyar, T.V.R. (1940). Handbook of economic entomology for South India. Govt. Press, Madras, pp :1-240.

  • Baloch, H.B., Baloch, L.S., Rustamani, M.A., Hussain, T., Talpur, M.A. and Rao, S.A. (1994). Insect pests associated with Capsicum annum (Linn.) during summer season at Tandojam."14th Pakistan Congress of Zoology held from 1-3 Ap.1994 at University of Karachi, Pakistan. Procedding of Pakistan Congress of Zool., 14 : 243-247.

  • Bhede, B.V., Suryawanshi, D.S. and More, D.G. (2008). Population dynamics and bioefficacy of newer insecticide against chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis (Hood). Indian. J. Ent., 70(3) : 223-226.

  • Gupta, S.N. and Naik, K.B. (2008). Instant Horticulture, Jain Brothers, New Delhi. pp. 215.

  • Hilje, L., Cubillo, D. and Segura, L. (1993). Ecological observations on the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in costa rica. Manejo Integrado de Plagas., (30): 24-30.

  • Hosamani,A.C., Thulasiram, K., Patil, B.V., Bheemana, M. and Hanchinal, S.G. (2005). Fenpropathrin (Meothrin) 30 EC an ideal insecticide for chilli (Capsicum annum L) pest management. Pestol., 24 (2):21-24.

  • Idris, A.B. and Mohamad-Roff, M.N. (2002).Vertical and temporal distribution of Aphis gossypii Glover and coccinellid populations on different chilli (Capsicum annum) varieties. J. Asia Pacific Entomol., 5(2) : 185-191.

  • Jadhav, V. R., Wadnerkar, D.W. and Jayewar, N.E. (2004). Fipronil 5% SC : an effective insecticide against sucking pests of chilli (Capsicum annum L). Pestol., 28 (10):84-87.

  • Kandoria, J.L., Jamwal, R. and Singh, Gurdip (1989). Seasonal activity and host range of Aphis gossypii (Glover) in the Punjab. J. Insect Sci., 2(1): 68-70

  • Kulat, S.S. (1999). Outbreak of aphids, Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera : Aphididae) on chillies in Maharashtra. Insect Environ., 5(3): 119.

  • Kumar, S., Mani, C. and Singh, R.N. (2005). Field evaluation of omite and some other acaricides against broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) on chilli under Varanasi conditions of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. Pestol., 29(11):61-63.

  • Lokhande, R.K. (1986). Succession of insect pests on chilli and their chemical control. M.Sc.(Ag.) Thesis, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, M.P. (INDIA) pp.11-15.

  • Mani, M. and Krishnamoorthy, A. (2004). Role of predators in the control of horticultural crop pests of India. Indian Insect Predators Biological Control, 297-327

  • Manjunatha, M., Hanchinal, S.G. and Reddy, G.V.P. (2001).Survey of yellow mite and thrips on chilli in North Karnataka. Insect Environ., 6 (4) : 178.

  • Nadaf, A.M. and Kulkarni, K.A. (2006). Seasonal incidence of the fruit borers, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) and Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) on chilli in Dharwad. Karnataka J. Agric. Sci., 19(3) : 549-552.

  • Narvaria, B.S. (2003). Evaluation of botanicals products against pest complex of chilli (Capsicum annum L.). M.Sc.(Ag.) Thesis, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyala, Jabalpur,M.P. (INDIA) pp. 1-89.

  • Nelson, S.J. and Natarajan, S. (1994). Economic threshold level of thrips in semi-dry chilli. South Indian J. Hort., 42(5): 336-338.

  • Panickar, B.K. and Patel, J.R. (2001). Population dynamics of different species of thrips on chilli, cotton and pigeonpea. Indian J. Ent., 63(2) : 170-175.

  • Patel, B.H., Koshiya, D.J. and Korat, D.M. (2009). Population dynamics of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood in relation to weather parameters. Karnataka J. Agric. Sci., 22(1): 108-110.

  • Patel, J.R., Patel, R.C. and Amin, P.R. (1983). Efficacy of systemic insecticides on thrips and mites and its relation to leaf curl disease of chilli.Gujarat Agric. Univ. Res.J., 8(2):129-133.

  • Patel, R.K. and Khatri, A.K. (1982). Note on efficacy of insecticides against chilli thrips.J.N.K.V.V. Res.J., 16 (3):274-275

  • Shukla, Abhishek (2006). Seasonal activity of thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis on chilli crop. Indian J. Tropical Biodiversity, 14(2): 171-174.

  • Snedecor, G.W. and Cochran, W.G. (1967). Statistical methods, Oxford and IBH Publishing Company, New Delhi, pp:1-292

  • Varadharajan, S. and Veeravel, R. (1995). Population dynamics of chilli thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis hood in Annamalainagar. Indian J. Eco., 22(1): 27-30.

  • Venzon, M., C.H.C.M.de Oliveira, M.da.C.Rosado and Filho, A. Pallini (2006). Pests associated with chilli crops and management strategies. Informe. Agropecuario., 27(235): 75-86.


Abstract Views: 1026

PDF Views: 0




  • Insect Pest Complex of Chilli, Capsicum annum L. and their Natural Enemies in Jabalpur

Abstract Views: 1026  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

P. S. Chintkuntlawar
Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Palli Siksha Bhavana, Visva Bharti, Bolpur, Birbhum (W.B.), India
U. A. Pawar
Department of Agricultural Entomology, K.K. Wagh College of Agriculture, Panchavati, NASHIK (M.S.), India
A. K. Saxsena
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.), India

Abstract


A field experiment was conducted at experimental field of the Department of Horticulture, Maharajpur, J.N. Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur (M.P.) during winter season of 2009-10. In chilli, six species of insect pests and two species of cocinellid predator and one braconid parasitoid of aphid were enumerated. At first sucking pests like whitefly, thrips, aphid and jassid were appeared at 7 days after transplanting and remained active till onset of reproductive stage. The Lepidopteron borers viz., Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera litura tobacco caterpillar and gram pod borer appeared were the next group of insects appear on the crop during reproductive stage and remained there till the crop matures. All these are the key pests of chilli in the region which caused colossal yield losses. The natural enemies observed were two species of lady bird beetle and a parasitoid of aphid. Parasitoid of aphid was observed when the crop was about 63 and 84 days old, respectively i.e. the reproductive stage it is evident that the natural enemies was present on the aphids when which remained active up to the third week of March i.e. aphids population were disappeared in the reproductive stage of the crop.

Keywords


Chilli, Key Pest, Predator, Parasitoid, Canopy Level.

References