First report of Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sacc. on rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) (Delphacidea: Homoptera) from Godavari zone of Andhra Pradesh.

摘要

Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sacc., a fungal pathogen, was recorded for the first time infecting the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) on the rice crop at Maruteru, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. The extent of natural mortality of BPH ranged from 33.3 to 71.4% under field conditions.