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Agricultural Science Digest, volume 21 issue 3 (september 2001) : 179 - 181

HOST RANGE AND FOOD PREFERENCE OF THE RED PUMPKIN BEETLE, AULACOPHORA EOVE/COLLIS LUCAS (CHRYSOMELIDAE: COLEOPTERA)

Dinesh Chandra Rajak

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¹l.l.S.R. (ICAR) Bio-control Centre. K.C.5.F., Nellore - 52'1 005, India

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Cite article:- Rajak Chandra Dinesh (2024). HOST RANGE AND FOOD PREFERENCE OF THE RED PUMPKIN BEETLE, AULACOPHORA EOVE/COLLIS LUCAS (CHRYSOMELIDAE: COLEOPTERA). Agricultural Science Digest. 21(3): 179 - 181. doi: .

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Studied on the host range and food preference of red pumpkin beelle, A. foveicollis Lucas revealed that 10 cucurbitaceous vegetables were its host range except bitter gourd. Of major 11 cucurbitaceous crops, musk melon (Cucumis melo L.) was the most preferred food. It causes more damage to the crops of Zaid season than kharif.

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