Biodiversity of sucking insects of cotton in three localities of district Multan, Punjab-Pakistan

Studies were carried out in three localities (Riazabad, Budhla Santh and Purana Shujabad) of district Multan, Punjab province, Pakistan, on farmers' field from June to November during 2003. In each locality a plot of 10 acres was selected and the data was recorded randomly from 2 acres in each...

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Published inPakistan Journal of Entomology (Pakistan) Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 173 - 180
Main Authors Shahzad, F. (Agriculture Research Inst., Balochistan (Pakistan)), Suhail, A. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Agricultural Entomology), Umer, M. (Agriculture Research Inst., Balochistan (Pakistan)), Channa, M.S. (PARC Southern Zone Agricultural Research Centre, Karachi (Pakistan). Pesticide Research Inst.), Dad, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.07.2012
Subjects
BIODIVERSITY
DIPTERA
DOMINANT SPECIES
GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM
HEMIPTERA
HOMOPTERA
HYMENOPTERA
PAKISTAN
PEST INSECTS
PEST SURVEYS
SPECIES
THYSANOPTERA
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Summary:Studies were carried out in three localities (Riazabad, Budhla Santh and Purana Shujabad) of district Multan, Punjab province, Pakistan, on farmers' field from June to November during 2003. In each locality a plot of 10 acres was selected and the data was recorded randomly from 2 acres in each locality on fortnightly basis by using hand net, light trap, sucker, jerking, camel hairbrush and berlese funnel and were analyzed statistically using Shannon-Weiner index of diversity. A total of 6001 sucking insects belonging to 39 species, 20 families and 6 orders were captured in three localities. The value of Shannon-Weiner diversity index for diversity, maximum diversity, evenness and dominance were 0.679, 1.591, 0.835, and 0.165 respectively. The evenness value showed that sucking insects were 83.5% evenly distributed with only the dominance of few species namely Thrips tabaci, Thrips palmi, Scirtothrips dorsalis, Bemisia tabaci, Amrasca devastans and Isotomas sp.
Bibliography:CATPAK-81323
H10
ISSN:1018-1180