UNIVERSITY OF SINDH JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES

Vol. 2, Issue 2, August, 2018

ISSN(E): 2523-6067
ISSN(P): 2521-8328

INSECT FAUNA ASSOCIATED WITH GREEN PEA CROP IN MANSEHRA DISRICT KPK PAKISTAN

Sidra Khurshid¹, Falak Naz², Kashif Haleem³, Muhammad Kamal Sheikh⁴,Muhammad Ather Rafi⁵, Santosh Kumar⁶ and Saima Durrani⁷

¹Department of Zoology, University of Hazara, Garden Campus, Dudial. Mansehra.
²Directorate of National Coordination, PARC, Ataturk Avenue, G-5/1, Islamabad.
³Department of Microbiology, The University of Hazara, Garden Campus, Dudial. Mansehra.
⁴Planning Division, PARC, Ataturk Avenue, G-5/1, Islamabad.
⁵Department of Zoology, Woman University Swabi, Swabi KPK.
⁶Department of Plant Protection, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam.
⁷Department of Zoology Sardar Bahadur Khan Woman’s University Quetta.

ABSTRACT

This research study was conducted in district Mansehra to dig out the insect fauna prevailing in the fields of Green Pea in different localities of District Mansehra. A total of 22 different insect species were collected belonging to 6 orders, 11 families and 22 genera. These include 2 pest species, 5 predator species and 14 pollinator species. Pest insect’s i-e Pea leaf Minor and Cow Pea aphid are more abundant than predators and pollinators. Among pest infestation of pea leaf minor was found more injurious with 34.90% than cow pea aphid (7.85%). Among predators Coccinella septumpunctata was found highly abundant 49.09% population. A reasonable amount of pollinators species (14) was found active in the pea cropping areas which include some important Dipterous flies and Butterflies.

Keyword

Mansehra, Prevailing, Pest species, Predators, Dipterous, Butterflies..

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