?ABUNDANCE OF RICE GREEN LEAFHOPPERS,NEPHOTETTIX SP.(HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) IN DIFFERENT RICE VARIETIES ANDTHEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH NATURALPREDATORS

Authors

  • M.A. AHAD Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
  • F A. TALUKDER Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
  • M.A HAQUEAND Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
  • M.M. RAHMAN Department of Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Keywords:

Green leafhoppers,Rice varieties, Predators.

Abstract

Abundanceofgreenleafhoppers,Nephotettix sp.andinterrelationshipbetweengreenleafhoppersandtheirnatural predatorswasstudiedon21ricevarieties/lines. ThevarietyKladomaandlineBG-915showedminimumandmaximum
susceptibilityto greenleafhopperattack.The highestleafhopperpopulationwasrecorded35days aftertransplanting
andthereafteragradualdensitydeclineonplantageoccured.Outoffivepredatorsnamely,Conocephalus, Tetragnatha, .Micraspis, Oxyopes andAgriocnemus, predatorMicraspis is themost importantwhich madehighlypositivecorrela-
tion(0.1'69),maximumdirecteffects(0.144)andmaximuminfluences(2.85%)ontheabundanceofgreenleafhoppers,

Published

1997-04-21

How to Cite

AHAD, M., TALUKDER, F. A., HAQUEAND, M., & RAHMAN, M. (1997). ?ABUNDANCE OF RICE GREEN LEAFHOPPERS,NEPHOTETTIX SP.(HOMOPTERA: CICADELLIDAE) IN DIFFERENT RICE VARIETIES ANDTHEIR INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH NATURALPREDATORS. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 40(1-4), 1–4. Retrieved from http://biostaging.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2321

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1-4 (1997): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles