Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
SK Nayak, RL Moharana and N Khura

Abstract:
Apis doField experiment was conducted at College of Agriculture, Bhawanipatna Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology to study the insect pest complex, their natural enemies and pollinators in the sunflower ecosystem during Rabi, 2019-20. The observations were recorded on attack by seventeen insect pests belongs to eight orders and thirteen families at different stages of crop growth. During the study period three non-insect pests i.e, Parakeet, Common mynah and Black drongo and pollinators like honey bee (Apis dorsata, Apis cerana indica) and bumble bee (Xylocopa sp) were recorded mostly during flowering period of sunflower. Ten spp. of predators and two insectivorous birds were also reported during different growth stages of sunflower in the Western undulating Zone of Odisha.