SURVEY ON INSECT PESTS OF POTATO (Solanum tuberosum L.) IN MEDAEC DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

摘要

Roving survey on the various insect pests of potato revealed 17 species of different insect pests belonging to seven orders and 17 families. Insect pests recorded on potato around Zaheerabad, Siddipet and Gajvel during roving survey were mole crickets, gross hoppers, termites, green bugs, Psyllids, aphids, whiteflies, leaf hoppers, thrips, root grubs, leaf weevils, blister beetles, flea beetles, greasy cutworms, tobacco cut worms, potato tuber moths and black ants. All most all insect pests were found in all the three regions. Among those cut worm Spodoptera litura, potato tuber moth Phthoromea operculella and greasy cut worm Agrotis ipsilon were found as major insect pests. Other insect pests namely aphid Myzus persicae, leaf hopper Empoasca fabae,whitefy Bemisia tabaci, thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis, leaf weevil Myllocerus subfasciatus, flea beetle Monolepta signata, termite Odontotermis obesus, green bug Nezara viridula and grasshoppers Chrotogonus Sp and Cyrtocanthacris rancea were found as moderate insect pests of potato and the remaining were of minor importance in pest status.