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Ephestia cautella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): An emerging pest on Garlic in storage

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Title Ephestia cautella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae): An emerging pest on Garlic in storage
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Creator V Karuppaiah
Soumia PS
Priyanka D Wagh
Major Singh
 
Subject Ephestia cautella
tropical warehouse moth
biology
garlic pest
storage
emerging pest
 
Description Not Available
A study was conducted to investigate the occurrence and biology of Ephestia cautella (Walker) on garlic
in storage during 2015 at Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Pune. At first, pest infestation was
noticed during August month in 30 days old harvested seed bulbs stored for the next season. Pest activity
observed throughout August-November months. The sampling for infestation at fortnight interval
revealed that, maximum infestation up to 14 larvae in a sample was recorded at 45 days after storage
(DAS). Presence of adult activity, webbed galleries and fecal matter in the stored bulbs were the mark of
infestation. All the stages of the life cycle of the insects were observed on garlic. Egg-incubation, larva,
pupa and adult survival duration was 4.4 ± 0.24 days, 9.87 ± 0.12, 7.12 ± 0.37 and 11.50 ± 1.50 days,
respectively. The total life cycle of moth last about 32.99 days while reared on garlic. The total numbers
of eggs laid per female was 146.6 ± 10.76 and adult to egg laying duration was 4.65 ± 0.29 days. The
information on pest description, damage symptom and biology documented with this study would be
helpful in early detection and monitoring of this pest on garlic at storage and future research to managing
this emerging pest. This is a new record from Maharashtra.
 
Date 2018-11-05T10:52:37Z
2018-11-05T10:52:37Z
2018-02-17
 
Type Article
 
Identifier Not Available
2320-7078
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/9399
 
Language English
 
Relation Not Available;
 
Publisher Journal of Entomology and Zoology studies