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New Record of Insect Pests Attacking Schleichera oleosa: A Commercial Host for Culturing Lac Insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) from India

New Record of Insect Pests Attacking Schleichera oleosa: A Commercial Host for Culturing Lac... Lac is a natural resin of insect origin produced by lac insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) (Homoptera: Tachardiidae) which finds application in many industrial sectors. Schleichera oleosa (kusum) is one of the major commercial lac hosts for raising kusmi strain of lac insect. Kusmi strain of lac is highly priced in commerce than rangeeni strain due to its superior quality. This host alone is contributing about 35–40 % of the total lac production at national level. In changing climatic scenario, emergences of new insect pest complex is being observed. Comprehensive and intensive host plant surveillance and field collections of insect pests associated with lac host S. oleosa carried out during the last 5 years reveal the occurrence of some new pests for the first time on this specific host. Egyptian cottony cushion scale, Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae); Scale insect, Aulacaspis sp. (Hemiptera: Diaspididae); Leaf hopper, Amrasca biguttulla (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae); Weevils, Amblyrrhinus poricollis Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Peltotrachelus sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae); Sweet potato bug, Physomerus grossipes Fabricius (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and soapberry bug, Leptocoris augur (F.) (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) which have not been recorded earlier in lac production system are hereby reported for the first time from India on S. oleosa. Interestingly some of the insect pests which were reported as minor and sporadic pests by earlier workers have been replaced by another species as the Curculionids attacking on commercial lac hosts. Some of the pests which were of sporadic nature are now becoming a pest of regular occurrence with more severity of damage. Considerable variations in their period of occurrence and activity have also been noticed. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences Springer Journals

New Record of Insect Pests Attacking Schleichera oleosa: A Commercial Host for Culturing Lac Insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) from India

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2014 by The National Academy of Sciences, India
Subject
Life Sciences; Life Sciences, general; Behavioural Sciences; Plant Biochemistry; Nucleic Acid Chemistry
ISSN
0369-8211
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2250-1746
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10.1007/s40011-013-0301-8
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Abstract

Lac is a natural resin of insect origin produced by lac insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) (Homoptera: Tachardiidae) which finds application in many industrial sectors. Schleichera oleosa (kusum) is one of the major commercial lac hosts for raising kusmi strain of lac insect. Kusmi strain of lac is highly priced in commerce than rangeeni strain due to its superior quality. This host alone is contributing about 35–40 % of the total lac production at national level. In changing climatic scenario, emergences of new insect pest complex is being observed. Comprehensive and intensive host plant surveillance and field collections of insect pests associated with lac host S. oleosa carried out during the last 5 years reveal the occurrence of some new pests for the first time on this specific host. Egyptian cottony cushion scale, Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas) (Hemiptera: Margarodidae); Scale insect, Aulacaspis sp. (Hemiptera: Diaspididae); Leaf hopper, Amrasca biguttulla (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae); Weevils, Amblyrrhinus poricollis Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Peltotrachelus sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae); Sweet potato bug, Physomerus grossipes Fabricius (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and soapberry bug, Leptocoris augur (F.) (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae) which have not been recorded earlier in lac production system are hereby reported for the first time from India on S. oleosa. Interestingly some of the insect pests which were reported as minor and sporadic pests by earlier workers have been replaced by another species as the Curculionids attacking on commercial lac hosts. Some of the pests which were of sporadic nature are now becoming a pest of regular occurrence with more severity of damage. Considerable variations in their period of occurrence and activity have also been noticed.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences – Springer Journals

Published: Jan 24, 2014

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