Natural egg parasitization of litchi bug, Tessaratoma javanica by an Eupelmid, Anastatus colemani
Hitendra Kumar; Vishal Mittal; Gupta, A.K.; Singh, C.P.
Annals of Plant Protection Sciences 15(2): 488-489
2007
Accession: 016446602
A survey was conducted on the natural egg parasitization of litchi bug (Tessaratoma javanica) by Anastatus colemani in litchi orchards of Pantnagar, Dehradun, Ramnagar and Kotdwara, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, India. The maximum percentage of egg parasitism was observed during the first fortnight of June 2004, where the percentage was 63.2+or-10.3, 57.2+or-9.4, 52.3+or-12.2 and 48.4+or-8.9 in litchi orchards of Pantnagar, Dehradun, Ramnagar and Kotdwara, respectively.