Integrated Pest Management of White Grub Holotrichia Consanguinea Blanchard in Guava and Grapes
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https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2024.1563Keywords:
Holotrichia consanguinea, cockchafer beetle, anisole, fruit crops, IPM, May/June beetles, pheromone trap, Punjab, soil dwelling pests, environment friendly.Abstract
White grubs or cockchafer beetles are polyphagous soil dwelling pests and Holotrichia consanguinea Blanchard is one of the most damaging infesting agricultural and horticultural crops. A cockchafer beetle trap was devised using anisole (methoxy benzene) as a lure (aggregating pheromone) and was evaluated in an IPM module (30 traps/ ha+ flooding of fields+ weed removal) as recommended by PAU, Ludhiana in guava and grapes orchards in Punjab. The traps were placed at ground level and tied to trunk/vine with approximately 1 trap/ 11 trees in guava and 1 trap/ 55 vines in grapes orchard. In guava, leaf damage was observed to reduced from 36.90% (non-IPM fields) to 8.73% (IPM fields); and in grapes, from 47.75% (non-IPM fields) to 13.15% (IPM fields). It is an eco-friendly technique which can be used at community level to control white grubs in the orchards.
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