Diversity of Leafhoppers on Fruit Crops and Weeds in North Kashmir Rehman Sheikh Aafreen1,*, Ahad Ishtiyaq1, Kumar Ritesh2, Aziz Danishta1, Anjum Nahida1 1Division of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUASTKashmir, Wadura Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, India 2Department of Entomology, GBPUA&T, PantnagarUttarakhand, India *Email: aafreenrehman100@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online Published on 18 October, 2023. Abstract This study analyses the diversity of leafhopper fauna at six locations (Wadura, Arampora, Dangiwacha, Imberzalwari from District Baramulla and Chogul and Chetkak from District Kupwara) occurring on various fruit crops and weeds. Diversity indices such as species diversity index, evenness index, richness index and abundance were computed. These reveal that six species infest these, of which those infesting fruit trees include Empoasca decipiens, Empoasca fabae, Agallia spp., Aconeurella erebrus and Exitianus indicus; and Stirellus spp., Maiestas dorsalis, Macrosteles quadrilineatus, Exitianus indicus and one plant hopper species viz., Laodelphax striatellus infest weeds. Maximum abundance was observed to be of A. decedens on fruit trees and Stirellus spp. on the weed flora. Top Keywords Kashmir, Fruit crops, Weeds, Leafhoppers, Planthoppers, Diversity indices, Abundance, Species diversity, Richness. Top |