Journal of Entomological Research

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  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue: 2

Studies on influence of coriander Coriandrum sativum L. on moth recruitment pattern of trap design and validation of pheromone trap designs for the management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee (Crambidae: Lepidoptera)

Department of Agricultural Entomology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Killikulam, Vallanadu, Thoothukudi-628 252, Tamil Nadu, India

*Corresponding author's E-mail: Department of Plant Protection, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India; E-mail: entoravi@yahoo.com

Online published on 25 July, 2019.

Abstract

In present study the behavioural approach of using sex pheromone was found compatible with intercropping system suggested for L. orbonalis. The results showed maximum moth catche during 13th std. week (188 moths/7 traps/week) and minimum during 3rd std. week (57 moths/7 traps/week). In the coriander intercropped plot, the peak moth catches of 65 moths per 7 traps per week was observed in 13th std. week and low level of moth recruitment was recorded in 5th std. week (16 moths/7 traps/week). In trap design comparison, maximum mean number of moth catches was recorded in indigenous bottle trap (1.937 moths/day/trap). Among the trap heights tested, trap placed at crop canopy level attracted maximum moths (3.54 moths/3 trap/day).

Keywords

Coriander, L. orbonalis, pheromone-coriander interaction, trap design, trap height