Natural Enemies of Tur Pod Bug, Clavigralla gibbosa Spinola Infesting Pigeonpea in Madhya Pradesh

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Authors

  • Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Sehore - 466 001 ,IN
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Sehore - 466 001 ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/1987/15418

Keywords:

Clavigralla gibbosa, Natural Enemies, Antilochus coqueberti, Bochartia sp., Gryon antestiae.

Abstract

A predator Antilochus coqueberti Fb. (Pyrrhocoridae), a red parasitic mite, Bochartia sp. (Erythraeidae) and an egg parasite, Gryon antestiae (Dodd) (Scelionidae) were recorded on Clavigralla gibbosa. Among these natural enemies, only the egg parasite, G. antestiae was active throughout the oviposition period of its host and attacked 62.60 ± 0.77 per cent of the eggs.