Seed preference and biology of rust red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in stored green gram

Authors

  • Banna Ushasri Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India, 795004
  • Ibohal Singh Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India, 795004
  • Shravan M Haldar Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India, 795004
  • Th Bina Devi Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India, 795004
  • L N K Singh Department of Pathology, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India, 795004
  • H Gopimohan Singh Department of Basic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Central Agricultural University, Imphal, India, 795004

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5958/2582-2683.2023.00039.4

Keywords:

Larval period, pupal period, total life cycle, seed damage, weight loss

Abstract

The study on biology revealed that the duration of egg laying, incubation, larval period, pupal period and total life cycle of T. castaneum lasted for 6.40, 6.60, 30.80, 5.20 and 49.0 days, respectively. The best preferred the groundnut (ICGS-76) seed the most damaging 10.01 per cent of the seeds and leading to 1.21 per cent loss in weight under storage while coriander (local cultivar) was found the least preferred with 0.33 per cent seed damage and 0.01 weight loss. 

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Online Manuscript No. 100469 recived on 6.8.2022

Manuscript accepted for publication on 14.11.2022

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Published

2023-06-01

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2023): Journal of Eco-Friendly Agriculture (Jan-Jun) 2023

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How to Cite

Ushasri, B., Singh, I., Haldar, S.M., Bina Devi, T., Singh, L.N.K., & Gopimohan Singh, H. (2023). Seed preference and biology of rust red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in stored green gram . Journal of Eco-Friendly Agriculture, 18(1), 208–210. https://doi.org/10.5958/2582-2683.2023.00039.4
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