ORYZA- An International Journal on Rice
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue: 2

New Record of two egg parasitoids of rice gundhi bug, Leptocorisa sp. (Hemiptera: Alydidae) in Gujarat

  • Author:
  • MS Purohit, HV Patel, SM Chavan, AK Patel, MB Patel
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 196 to 197

N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396 450, Gujarat

*Email: maheshspurohit@yahoo.com

Online published on 6 December, 2013.

Abstract

The incidence of rice gundhi bug, Leptocorisa sp. generally occurs in 37th standard week and it continues to attack till 42nd standard week in rice fields during wet season. Multiple parasitism of two egg parasitoids viz. Trissolcus sp. (Hymenoptera:Scelinoidae) and Oenocyrtus utetheisae (Hymenoptera:Encrytidae) occurred from last week of September and it remained active till third week of October with a peak in the second week of October.

Keywords

Leptocorisa, egg parasitoid