Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012 (India).
Varies susceptibility of sixty-three varieties of groundnut to Dorylus orientalis wesrwood was studied during 1989. It caused damage up to 52.0% to pods of variety Ah-7903 under the ground. The damage hole usually made at the anterior end of the pod was very characteristic. The insect came out of the pod through this hole in herds when pods were spread and exposed to sun. Groundnut varieties, viz., VR-3317, U/4/4/38, NS-78, and NCAC-17840 revealed no damage of pods by this army ant.
