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Studies on certain plant volatiles attracting the shot hole border, euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff)(Scolytidae: Coleoptera) infesting tea

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Title Studies on certain plant volatiles attracting the shot hole border, euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff)(Scolytidae: Coleoptera) infesting tea
 
Contributor Selvasundaram, R
 
Subject Zoology
Entomology
 
Description Tea is one of the popular beverages all over the world due to its special aroma,
flavor and health benefits. The crop plant belongs to Camelliaceae and is perennial in
nature. All the cultivated tea plants belong to two distinct taxa, viz., Camellia sinensis
(L.) O. Kuntze the short leaved China plants and Camellia assamica (Masters) Wight,
the broad leaved Assam cultivar. The Cambod variety, a subspecies of the latter,
is classified as C. assamica spp. lasiocalyx (Planchon ex watt) Wight (Wight, 1959).
China , Assam , Cambod jats and a large number of their hybrids are exploited
commercially in majority of the tea plantations. It is believed that many wild species
of Camellia have also contributed to the present day hybrid population of cultivated
tea plants. This crop is predominantly grown in Asia followed by Africa and to a
very small extend in Europe, South America and Australia. India is the largest
producer and consumer of black tea in the world. More than 520,000 ha is under
tea cultivation in India. Majority of the tea plantations are situated in the north
eastern and southern region of the country. Tea plantations in south India are spread
over the slopes of Western Ghats of Wynaad, Central Travancore, High Ranges,
Nilgiris, Anamallais and Chikmagalur of Karnataka.
 
Date 2010-05-21T05:11:06Z
2010-05-21T05:11:06Z
2010-05-21
August 6, 2008
August 30, 2008
 
Type Phd
 
Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10603/20
 
Language English
 
Rights UPASI Tea Research Institute
 
Format 69p.
None
 
Publisher Coimbatore
Bharathiar University
UPASI Tea Research Institute. Division of Entomology
 
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