Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2001
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 1

Distribution of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on fodder maize in different seasons in Bangalore

  • Author:
  • S.K. Jalali1, S.P. Singh
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 27 to 30

Project Directorate of Biological Control, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bangalore-560 024, Karnataka, (India).

1A part of approved Ph.D. thesis submitted by senior author to Mysore University, Mysore, (India).

Abstract

Studies on the spatial distribution of the maize stem borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in fodder maize ecosystem revealed that the distribution was aggregated in kharif, rabi and summer seasons with habit of clumping in quadrant. This may probably resulted from environment heterogeneity.