Department of Botany, Loknete Gopinathji Munde Arts, Commerce and Science College, Mandangad, Ratnagiri-415 203, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding author's E-mail: vinod80kumar@gmail.com
Online published on 28 May, 2020.
In India, western ghat region of Maharashtra is one of the known natural habitat of various medicinal plants. B. cristata L. (Family Acanthaceae) is one such medicinal plant abundantly found in this region. Several studies on B. cristata L. revealed that the whole plant or its specific parts are being utilized for the treatment of many diseases without any side effects. This is extensively used for Ayurvedic/herbal preparations in India. Now these days during the monsoon season it has been observed that B. cristata L. is attacked by pest snail. Snail causes 70–80% damage to leaf biomass of B. cristata L. the present finding. This constitutes first report on occurrence of snail as pest of B. cristata L.
Barleria cristata, medicinal plant, pest, snail, western ghat
