Research Article | Published: 22 June 2017

Variation in Susceptibility of different Seed Sources of  Pongamia pinnata (L.) to Leaf Blotch Miner, Acrocercops transecta  (Lepidoptera: Gracillaridae) in North Western India

K. S. Sangha, Rakesh  Kumar, Ashwinder  K. Dhaliwal and Naresh  Kaushik

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 40 | Issue: 2 | Page No. 147-150 | 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2017-IC0NX0 | Cite this article

Abstract

Forty seed sources of Pongamia pinnata (L.) exhibiting different morphometric characteristics collected from the different districts of Punjab and Haryana were screened for the incidence of leaf blotch miner, Acrocercops transecta Meyrick. The range of mean incidence of A. transecta expressed in terms of mean leaf damage (%) on seed sources collected from Punjab was higher (17.80-100 %) as compared to its incidence (75.47-100 %)  on the seed sources of P. pinnata collected from Haryana. Three seed sources of P. pinnata (PB-2, PB-3 & PB-1) collected from Punjab, with mean incidence of A. transecta (17.80-28.67 %) were categorised as most resistant. However, the three sources of P. pinnata (HR-17, HR-1 & HR-19) collected from Haryana with mean incidence of A. transecta (75.47-78.87 %) were categorised as moderately resistant.

Keywords

Acrocercops transecta, Incidence, Leaf Blotch Miner, Mean Leaf Damage, Pongamia pinnata, Percentage of Resistance, North West India, Punjab, Haryana

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Sangha, K.S., R.K., Dhaliwal, A.K. and Kaushik, N., 2017. Variation in Susceptibility of different Seed Sources of  Pongamia pinnata (L.) to Leaf Blotch Miner, Acrocercops transecta  (Lepidoptera: Gracillaridae) in North Western India. Indian Journal of Forestry, 40(2), pp.147-150. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2017-IC0NX0

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Manuscript Published on 22 June 2017

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