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http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/385| Title: | REPORTS AND NEW RECORDS OF SAHYADRASSUS MALABARICUS (MOORE) DAMAGING GLIRICIDIA MACULATA, A STANDARD OF BLACK PEPPER PIPER NIGRUM IN KERALA |
| Authors: | DEVASAHAYAM, S ABDULLA KOYA, K M PREM KUMAR, T |
| Keywords: | Sahyadrassus ma/abaricus, Gliri¬cidia macu/eta, black pepper, Piper nigrum |
| Issue Date: | Dec-1987 |
| Citation: | Entamon, 1987, Vol. • 12, No. 4, pp. 391 to 392 |
| Abstract: | Gliricidia maculata is used as a standard for training black pepper vines Piper nigrum in certain tracts of Kerala. During September-October 1985 a large number of standards of G. maculata were found damaged by caterpillars of Sahyadrassus malabaricus (Moore), Syn. Phassus mala¬baricus Moore (Lepidoptera : Hepialidae) at the farm of the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute at Peruvan¬namuzhi (Calicut district, Kerala); this is the first record of the borer on the plant. Notes on the nature of damage caused by the borer and its other hosts are reported here. Caterpillars of various stages were observed on G. maculata standards and the maximum recorded length was 8.5 cm. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/385 |
| Appears in Collections: | CROP PROTECTION |
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