Vol. 12, Special Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Sanju Singh, Naresh Dhakar, Sheeren Parveen and Mitesh Makwana

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted at Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University, Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) at the duration period June to October 2016, and light trap device used as mechanical method in paddy ecosystem for management of insect pest species, Phototactic harmful biodiversity of rice collected with light trap with 80 Watt mercury Vapor lamp was used to taxonomic analysis of insect’s catches in rice ecosystem from June to October 2016, Taxonomic analysis revealed that these 36 insect pest species belonging to 6 orders and 20 families were recorded throughout the kharif season (2016). Based on number of species collected, largest collection was represented by order Lepidoptera 22 species of 8 families (61%) after that order Hemiptera 6 species (17%), Orthoptera 4 species (11%), coleoptera 2 species (6%), isoptera 1 species (3%), and Diptera 1 species (3%) in descending order respectively. Documentation of these 36 insect pest species placed on of their economical point of view, harmful insects- as crop pests they were cached with the help of light trap regularly period from beginning to end of the kharif crop time of rice.