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- Record of Nutgrass Weevil, Athesapeuta cyperi Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Cyperus rotundus in Jute-Based Ecosystem
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1 Division of Crop Production, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, Kolkata − 700120, West Bengal, IN
2 Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore − 641007, Tamil Nadu, IN
1 Division of Crop Production, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, Kolkata − 700120, West Bengal, IN
2 Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore − 641007, Tamil Nadu, IN
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Journal of Biological Control, Vol 34, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 161-163Abstract
survey for weed killers in jute-based crop ecosystem was conducted at the research farm of ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore during 2018 and 2019 cropping season. The nutgrass weevil, Athesapeuta cyperi caused 46.67 – 85.00% dead heart in Cyperus rotundus in the jute ecosystem. This is the first report of A. cyperi on nutgrass in the jute ecosystem in West Bengal. This study throws a hope of using this weevil as a potential biocontrol agent against the most notorious weed the nut grass, which has been gradually developing resistance against many of the commonly used herbicides.
Keywords
Cyperus Rotundus, Nutgrass Weevil, Jute.References
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