Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Vaishali Zote and Abhishek Shukla

Abstract:
The adult of Angoumois grain moth is reared on ten different type of hosts for their feeding preference. From the pooled data of two year, it is observed that paddy recorded more number of adult emergence, less development period and higher susceptibility index. Maize is second preferred host of S. cerealella followed by wheat and sorghum. The larva of S. cerealella does not feed on the grain of pea, pigeonpea and black gram. The order of host suitability of different commodities was paddy > maize > wheat >sorghum green > chickpea > green gram > Indian bean.