Integrated Pest Management of Leaf miner, Aproaerema modicella in Groundnut Ecosystem
Muthu R.
Dept. of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (641 003), India
A. Yogapriya*
Dept. of Entomology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu (608 002), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Aproaerema modicella, Groundnut, Integrated pest management, Rainfed crop
Abstract
Groundnut (Arachis hypogeae L., Fabaceae) is the major oilseed crop. It is a legume crop cultivated mainly for its edible seeds. It is a valuable cash crop for millions of small scale farmers. In India groundnut is a principal oilseed crop which has high nutritional value. Seeds are rich source of edible cooking oil (43-55%), protein (25-28%), vitamins E, K and B. Byproduct groundnut cake is used as animal feed. Groundnut is grown in India on an area of 5.98 million hectare with a production of 4.98 million tonnes of pod per annum with an average productivity of 860 kg/ha. The groundnut leaf miner Aproaerema modicella, causes more than 50% yield loss. Newly hatched green caterpillar made short blisters like mines into leaflets and feed on the mesophyll layer of leaf tissues which results in brownish dried up patches. Later instar larva web the leaflets together and feed on the greenish tissues by remaining inside.
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