G.P. Painkra*, P.K. Bhagat1 and K.L. Painkra2
IGKV, All India Coordinated Research Project on Honey Bees and Pollinators, Department of Entomology, RMD, College of Agriculture and Research Station,
Ambikapur 497001 Chhattisgarh, India
1,2 Department of Entomology, RMD, College of Agriculture and Research Station, Ambikapur 497001 Chhattisgarh, India
Email: gppainkrarmd@gmail.com
Received-11.02.2019, Revised-05.03.2019
Abstract: A field experiment was undertaken at Rajmohini Devi College of Agriculture and Research Station, Ambikapur Surguja (Chhattisgarh) during 2017-18 to study the insect pollinators diversity in mustard ecosystem using different fluorescent colored pan trap i.e. White, blue and yellow at onset of bloom, full bloom and end of bloom of mustard crop in two different habitats. In habitat-I various insect visitors i.e. Apis dorsata, A. indica, A. florea, syrphid fly, house fly, black pants and small ants were recorded. In the colored pan traps maximum population was noticed in yellow pan trap (14.31 insect/tarp) followed by blue trap (13.99 insect/trap) and minimum in white (6.3 insect/trap) at onset of bloom. However, at the full bloom highest population was recorded in yellow pan trap (24.65 insect/trap) followed by blue pan trap ( 20.98 insects/trap) and lowest in white trap (20.65 insects/trap). Similarly at the end of bloom higher population was recorded in yellow pan trap (14.32 insects/trap) followed by blue pan trap (13.99 insects/trap) and the lowest in white pan trap (5.99 insects/trap) .Habitat-II During the onset of bloom higher population was recorded in yellow pan trap (21.66 insect/trap) followed by in blue trap (21.65 insect/trap) and lower population was recorded in white pan trap (8.32 insect/trap). At the full bloom period maximum population was noticed in blue pan trap (18.65 insect/trap) followed by in yellow pan trap ( 16.65 insect/trap) however the lowest population was recorded in white colored pan trap (9.98 insect /trap).Similarly, at the end of bloom higher population was recorded in yellow pan trap (24.99 insect/trap) followed by blue pan trap ( 24.98 insect/trap) and the lower population was noticed in white colored pan trap (8.65 insect/trap).
Keywords: Diversity, colored pan trap, Habitat, pollinators, mustard ecosystem
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