Relative Preference of Mango Hopper Species on Different Mango Varieties in Chhattisgarh Plain

Author: Dushyant Kumar Kaushik* and Vinod Kumar Nirmalkar

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The relative preference of mango hopper species on different varieties of mango were recorded at Horticulture Research Farm, BTC, College of Agriculture and Research Station, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur (C.G.). Twelve varieties of mango namely Langra, Sundarja, Amrapali, Mallika, Payari, Totapari, Krishnabhog, Sinduri, Barahmashi, Neeleshan, Nileshwari and Kesar were screened for mango hoppers (Amritodus atkinsoni Lethierry) under study. On the basis of overall mean of two years, the least preferred varieties by mango hoppers were Mallika (10.26/panicle) and Sundarja (10.71/panicle) followed by Totapari (11.68/panicle) and Sinduri (12.46/panicle). Whereas, maximum preferred varieties were Nileshwari (131.57/panicle) followed by Kesar (99.94/panicle), Neeleshan (75.02/panicle) and Amrapali (68.01/panicle).

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Mango hopper, Mallika, Amritodus atkinsoni, Mango, entomopathogens.

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