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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, India
2 Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore − 641007, Tamil Nadu, India
 

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.
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  • Record of Nutgrass Weevil, Athesapeuta cyperi Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Cyperus rotundus in Jute-Based Ecosystem

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Authors

B. S. Gotyal
Division of Crop Production, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, Kolkata − 700120, West Bengal, India
A. K. Ghorai
Division of Crop Production, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, Kolkata − 700120, West Bengal, India
T. Ramasubramanian
Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore − 641007, Tamil Nadu, India
S. Satpathy
Division of Crop Production, ICAR-Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres, Barrackpore, Kolkata − 700120, West Bengal, India
Datta D
, India

Abstract


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.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc%2F2020%2F25849