White grub ‘Kurmula’ Holotrichia spp. an agriculture important pest in India: A review Gautam M.P.1, Doharey R.K.2, Singh Shesh Narain3,* 1Faculty of Agriculture, Asha Bhagwan Bux Singh Mahavidyalaya, Ayodhya-224 135, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Department of Extension Education, College of Agriculture, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya-224 229, Uttar Pradesh, India 3SMS (Plant Protection), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ladaura, Azamgarh-II, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya-224 229, Uttar Pradesh, India *Corresponding Author: Shesh Narain Singh, SMS (Plant Protection), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ladaura, Azamgarh-II, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Ayodhya-224 229, Uttar Pradesh, India, Email: shesh.narain.singh@gmail.com
Online published on 6 April, 2023. Abstract White grubs are the distractive, public Importance and a genuine requirement to Kharif crops become under rainfed conditions. Both the grubs and grown-ups are polyphagous and univoltine. No single control measure is powerful for their administration consequently is the lone alternative for their compelling administration in the sloping zone. Therefore, the stock of the insects joins 24 species having a place with 13 genera under 5 subfamilies. White grubs are larvae of melolonthinae (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) but the term includes larvae of Rutelinae, Dynastinae, Cetoniinae and other families of Scarabaeidea superfamily. The use of the compound bug spray on the banks of the stream makes the water contamination the following towns and makes the odds of obstruction improvement I in bother. White grub damage typically appears as stunted, wilted, discolored, or dead seedlings and/or as gaps in rows where plants fail to emerge. White grubs prune roots and can feed on the mesocotyl causing plant death. Top Keywords Diversity, Holotrichia spp., Management, White grub. Top |