Varietal Preference of Black Bug Cavelerius excavatus Distant (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) on Sugarcane in Field
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https://doi.org/10.55627/agrivet.003.03.0910Keywords:
Black Bug, Sugarcane, Damage, Dispersion, Genotypes, Losses, Management, SindhAbstract
Black bug, Cavelerius excavatus is a serious pest of sugarcane that causes huge losses under favorable conditions. Considering its recent losses in Sindh, Pakistan, this experiment was carried out at Sugarcane Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Tandojam to determine their population preference of Cavelerius excavatus on nineteen sugarcane varieties. The sugarcane varieties used in the study were NSG-45, B-46-364, BO 14, B-6705, B-6518, CO-419, CP-68-1059, CO-474, CO-616, CO-557, CO-235, B-54-142, CO-475, CO-620, LRK-2001, Raja-14, Q-88, PSTj-41 and LAmTj-76/803. The experiment was conducted in a RCBD design, and each variety was replicated five times. Weekly data was collected from both ratoon and newly grown crop of each variety from sowing till maturity. In each replication five randomly selected plants were observed to count C. excavatus population from the entire plants. Data on weather factors was also obtained. Results indicated that C. excavatus population was not found on all freshly grown varieties, but it attacked on all ratoon varieties grown, as none of the variety was found resistant. Maximum overall mean population of adults was recorded on LAmTj-76/803 variety (4.47±0.22 adults/ plant) followed by B-6705 (4.16±0.23 adults/ plant), PSTj-41 (3.54±0.23 adults/ plant), CP-68-1059 and Q-88 (3.53±0.21 adults/ plant) and BO-14 (3.51±0.23 adults/ plant). Overall, the lowest C. excavatus adult population was recorded on CO-475 (0.98±0.12 adults/) followed by CO-235 (1.19±0.13 adults/plant). Overall maximum mean population of nymphs was recorded on BO-14 and PSTj-41 varieties (3.20±0.21 nymphs/ plant) followed by LAmTj-76/803 (3.12±0.20 nymphs/ plant) and B-6705 (2.90±0.20 nymphs/ plant), hence treated as most susceptible. Minimum nymph population was recorded on CO-475 (1.12±0.11 nymphs/ plant) followed by CO-620 (1.38±0.12 nymphs/ plant), and CO-235 (1.43±0.13 nymphs/ plant) varieties. Among abiotic factors, temperature exhibited a significant, positive and moderate effect on the population of both adults and nymphs in sugarcane, whereas wind velocity showed a negative, moderate and significant effect on their population. Based on the findings, it is suggested that growing of sugarcane as ratoon crop should be avoided to save the crop by the losses of C. excavatus.
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