Kaushlendra Kumar*, S.K. Sachan and D.V. Singh
Department of Entomology
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut-250110 (U. P.)
Received-06.08.2016, Revised-21.08.2016
Abstract: Insect pests complex associated with basmati rice were studied during Kharif, 2014 and 2015 at Crop Research Center of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut. During the study period, fifteen insect species were encountered on basmati rice in western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh which belong to 7 orders viz. lepidoptera (yellow stem borer, leaf folder, striped rice stem borer, rice case worm and swarming caterpillar), homoptera (green leaf hopper, brown plant hopper, and white backed plant hopper), heteroptera (rice gundhi bug), hetroptera (rice mealy bug), coleoptera (rice root weevil and white grub), isoptera (termite) and orthoptera (Kharif grass hopper and grass hopper).
Keywords: Insect pests,Basmati rice, Grass hopper
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