Indian Journal of Science and Technology
DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2019/v12i24/145002
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 24, Pages: 1-5
Original Article
Mashooque Ali Laghari1, Asif Ali Kaleri2, Arif Hussain Kaleri3, Anum Mehmood3, Feroz Gul Nizamani4, Raza Ali Rind4, Aamir Ali Khokhar3, Uzair Khokhar1, Muhammad Rafique Rind5, Abdul Latif Nizamani6 and Mir Muhammad Nizamani3*
1Department of Entomology, Faculty of Crop Protection, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan.
2 Department of Agronomy. Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan; [email protected] yahoo.com, [email protected]
3Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China; [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
4 Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan; [email protected], [email protected]
5 Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan; [email protected]
6 Agricultural Education Extension, Agricultural Social Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan
*Author for correspondence
Mir Muhammad Nizamani
Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources of Ministry of Education, School of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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Objectives: The present study was carried out to investigate the biology of Maconellicoccus hirsutus on Alba variety of mulberry under laboratory conditions and comparative infestation of M. hirsutus on Alba and purple varieties of mulberry under field conditions. Methods/Statistical Analysis: Mean and standard error was used to describe the results. Findings: The results indicated that the fecundity of M. hirsutus varied from 221 to 232 varied eggs per female. The pest completed its life cycle in 29.08 to 32.51 days. The infestation of M. hirsutus on different mulberry variety showed that purple variety was resistant than Alba variety with pest population of 8.43 ± 0.33 mealybugs per 10 cm twig compared with 9.73 ± 0.93 mealybugs on Alba variety. Application/Improvements: M. hirsutus is a serious polyphagous pest insect of mulberry and other plants. Therefore, it is suggested that detailed studies on population dynamics, natural enemies and population management of this mealybug should be carried out under agroecological conditions of Sindh, Pakistan.
Keywords: Biotic and Abiotic, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Mulberry Mealybug
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