1College of Sericulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat785013, Assam, India
Department of Sericulture, College of Sericulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat785013, Assam, India
*Email: nilutpal489@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online Published on 11 July, 2023.
During 2018-2019, a study was conducted to study the sucking pests and their natural enemies in mulberry at the Regional Sericulture Research Station, Central Silk Board, Jamuguri, Jorhat, Govt. Sericulture Farm, Titabar and Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. Five species of sucking pests were prevalent in various mulberry growing areas of the Jorhat district of Assam. Paracoccus marginatus was the most common of these; others include-Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Pseudodendothrips mori, P. marginatus, Aleurodicus dispersus, Clovia puncta. Three coccinellid predators Coccinella septempunctata, Coccinella transversalis and Micraspis discolor, as well as one species of lepidopteran predator Spalgis epius were found to associated with P. marginatus. and of these S. epius was the most abundant.
Sucking pest, Mulberry, Predators, Coccinellid, Spalgis epius, Jorhat, Plant, Insect, Species, Weather, Parameters
