Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Dr. Edpuganti Sreelatha, Uttarwar Sai Prasoona and Dr. Bandi Shailaja

Abstract:
A field trial was conducted at the National Institute of Plant Health Management during the Kharif and rabi, 2020 and 2021 to investigate the biodiversity of insect pests and their predators in the maize Agroecosystem. A total of 11 species of insect pests belonging to different orders and varied families were recorded from the experimental field. The order Lepidoptera represented the highest number of 4 species. This was further followed by Hemiptera (3 species), Coleoptera (2 species), Diptera (1 species), and Orthopterous (1 species). The predator population is also quite diverse in their occurrence with the recorded species belonging to the orders Coleoptera, Arachnida, Dictyoptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera.