New Horizons in Insect Science Towards Sustainable Pest Management

Glimpses of Semiochemical Research Applications in Indian Horticulture 243

Crop Major economically significant pests Status of semiochemicals in pest

management

Global India Future scope

Chilli/

Capsicum

Thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thripidae:

Thysanoptera)

• – A, HD

Green peach aphid, Myzus persicae Sulzer, (Aphididae:

Hemiptera)

A, AlP – A, AlP,+

Gall midge, Asphondylia capsici Barnes (Cecidomyiidae:

Diptera)

• – K, SP,+

Okra Leafhoppers, Amrasca biguttula Ishida, (Cicadellidae:

Hemiptera)

• – K, Agp

Shoot and fruit borer, Earias spp (Noctuidae:Lepidoptera) SP – SP

Aphids, Aphis gossypii Glover, (Aphididae: Hemiptera) SP – SP, HD

Red cotton bug, Dysdercus cingulatus Fab.,

(Pyrrhocoridae:Hemiptera)

• – K, SP,+

Cruciferous

vegetables

Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella,(L), (Plutellidae:

Lepidoptera)

SP, K SP SP, K,+

Leaf webber, Crocidolomia binotalis (Zeller), (Pyralidae:

Lepidoptera)

SP – SP, K,+

Stem borer, Hellula undalis (Fab.), (Crambidae:

Lepidoptera)

SP – SP, K,+

Cabbage butterfly, Pieris brassicae (L), (Pieridae:

Lepidoptera)

A – K, SP,+

Aphids, Brevicoryne brassicae (Linn), Lipaphis erysimi

(Kalt.) (Aphididae: Hemiptera)

• – K, AlP, HD+

Leguminous

vegetables

Stem fly, Ophiomiia phaseoli (Tryon), (Agromyzidae:

Diptera)

• – K, SP.+

Pod borers, Lampedis boeticus (L.), (Lycaenidae:

Lepidoptera)

• – K, SP,+

Aphids Aphis craccivora (Koch), Acrythosiphon pisum

(Harris) (Aphididae: Hemiptera)

• – K, SP, HD,+(P avail-
  able for A. fabae, A.
  gossypii)
  Bruchids, Callosobruchus chinensis (L.), (Bruchidae:
  Coleoptera)

A, SP – K, SP,+

Cucurbits Fruit flies Bactrocera cuccurbitae (Coq.), (Tephritidae:

Diptera)

MA MA K, SP,+

Red pumpkin beetle, Aulacophora fovicollis (Lucas)

(Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)

• – K, SP,+ (A available
  for A. fermoralis)
  Leaf eating caterpillar, Diaphania indica (Saund) (Crambi-
  dae: Lepidoptera)

SP SP

Onion/

Garlic

Thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) K, A – K, HD,+

Tuber crops

Potato Tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Gelechi-

idae: Lepidoptera)

P – SP, K,+

White grubs, Holotrichia sp., (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) – – K, SP,+

Green leaf hopper, Empoasca kerri Pruthi (Cicadellidae:

Hemiptera)

• – K, HD,+(A, PgS
  available for E. vitis,
  E. fabae)
  Green peach aphid, Myzus persicae Sulzer,
  (Aphididae:Hemiptera)

A, SP – A, SP, HD,+

Sweet potato Sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius Fab., (Curculioni-

dae: Coleoptera)

K, SP K, SP K, SP,+

Table 1^ (continued)