Natural Control of Peach Leaf Curl Aphid, Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) by Oomyzus scaposus (Thomson) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on Peach

Peach is an important fruit crop of Punjab. It is attacked heavily by peach leaf curl aphid, Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach) causing maximum damage during March-May. Fixed plot surveys were conducted at Fruit Research Farm of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab. The samples of peach leaves infested with peach leaf curl aphid were collected and reared in the Entomology laboratory of the Department of Fruit Science. This study reports 40-50 Percent parasitization of peach leaf curl aphid by parasitic wasp, Oomyzus scaposus (Thomson) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).