S.K. Ghirtlahre*, A.K. Awasthi, Y.P.S. Nirala and C.M. Sahu
Department of Entomology, Indira Gandhi KrishiVishwavidyalaya, Raipur-492012,
Chhattisgarh, India.
*Email : sanjayentomology@gmail.com
Received-12.02.2015, Revised-18.02.2015
Abstract : Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f) Ettingsh commonly called “Banda” is a serious and very common angiospermic parasitic plant in Chhattisgarh it is being reported for the first time from sapota, Achras sapota. Our findings report that it was observed with an average plant population of 2.18 plants/trees and more number of the parasitic plant were observed on North and West direction, 2.60 and 2.40, respectively. D. falcata is the serious serious threat to sapota cultivation in Chhattisgarh. Insect pest associated with D. falcate were also recoded viz., Celypha woodiana (Barrett), Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley), Aleurodicus disperses (Russell), Delias hyparete metarete (Linnaeus), Euthalia adonia pinwilli, Papilio cresphontes, Frankliniella sp., Unidentified Chrysomelid along with natural enemies viz., Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) Cotesia flevipes, Oxyopes macilentus (Linnaeus).
Keywords : Exotic weed, Cultivation, New record, Chhattisgarh
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