Seasonal abundance of insect pests associated with paddy crop in western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh
Field experiment was conducted to study the insect pests and their natural enemies associated with basmati rice in western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh during Kharif 2017 and 2018 at Crop Research Center of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P. India. During the period of study, twelve insect species were found associated with basmati rice in this region, which belong to six orders viz. lepidoptera (yellow stem borer, leaf folder and swarming caterpillar) homoptera (green leaf hopper, brown plant hopper and white backed plant hopper) heteroptera (rice gundhi bug) coleoptera (rice root weevil and white grub) isoptera (termite) and orthoptera (grass hopper) Among natural enemies rove beetles, tiger beetles, carabid beetles, damsel flies and dragon flies were recorded from the rice agro ecosystem.