Journal of Biological Control
  • Year: 2008
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 1

First report of Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sace. on rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) (Delphacidea: Homoptera) from Godavari zone of Andhra Pradesh

  • Author:
  • N. Mallikharjuna Rao, K. V. Bhanu, P. Satyanarayana Reddy, S. Krishnam Raju
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 213 to 215

Andhra Pradesh Rice Research Institute and Regional Agricultural Research Station, Maruteru - 534 122, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. E-mail: mallik7@rediffmail.com

Abstract

Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sace., a fungal pathogen, was recorded for the first time infecting the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) on the rice crop at Maruteru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. The extent of natural mortality of BPH ranged from 33.3 to 71.4% under field conditions.

Keywords

Fusarium pallidoroseum, natural incidence, rice brown planthopper