New Horizons in Insect Science Towards Sustainable Pest Management

Glimpses of Semiochemical Research Applications in Indian Horticulture 241

Table 1 Status of semiochemical technologies in important pests of horticultural crops
Crop Major economically significant pests Status of semiochemicals in pest
management
Global India Future scope
Fruits
Mango Fruit flies, Bactrocera spp., (Tephritidae: Diptera) MA MA K, SP,+
Stone weevil, Sternochetus mangiferae (Fab.) (Curculioni-
dae: Coleoptera)

• – K, SP, AgP,+

Hoppers, Ideoscopus spp, (Cicadellidae: Hemiptera), – – K, SP, AP

Gall midges, Procontarinia spp, Erosymia indica (Grover)

(Cecidomyiidae: Diptera)

• – K, SP

Psyllids, Apsylla cistellata (Buckton), (Psyllidae:

Hemiptera)

• – K, SP

Leaf webbers, Orthaga spp., (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) – – K, SP

Leaf miner, Acrocercops syngramma (Meyrick)

(Gracillaridae:Lepidoptera)

• – K, SP

Leaf eating weevils, Deporaus marginatus (Pascal)

(Curculionidae: Coleoptera)

• – K, SP

Shoot borers, Chlumetia transversa (Walker) (Noctuidae:

Lepidoptera)

• – K, SP

Stem borer, Batocera rufomaculata (DeGeer) (Cerambyci-

dae: Coleptera)

• – K, SP

Banana Rhizome weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Curcu-

lionidae: Coleoptera)

SP SP K, SP,+

Stem borer, Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier), (Curculioni-

dae: Coleoptera)

• – K.,SP, AgP,+

Fruit scarring beetle, Colaspis hypochlore Lef., (Chryso-

melidae: Coleoptera)

• – K, SP

Citrus Citrus leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella (Stainton) (Gracil-

laridae: Lepidoptera)

SP – K, SP,+

Citrus psylla, Diaphorina cirti (Kuwayama), (Psyllidae:

Hemipteara)

• – K, SP,+

Whiteflies, Aleurocanthus citriperdus (Quaintance and

Baker)

• – K, SP,+

Lemon butterflies, Papilio spp (Linn.), (Papilionidae:

Lepidoptera)

• – K, SP,+(K, P reported
  for P. polytes)
  Black aphids, Toxoptera spp. (Aphididae: Hemiptera) – – K, SP, AlP
  Blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby, (Aleyrodidae:
  Hemiptera)


• – K, SP, AlP

Bark eating caterpillars, Indarbela quadrinotata (Walker)

(Indarbelidae: Lepidoptera)

• – SP

Stem boring beetles, Chelidonium spp, (Cerambycidae:

Coleoptera)

• – K, SP,+

Fruit sucking moths, Eudocima spp. (Noctuidae:

Lepidoptera)

• – K, SP,+

Guava Fruit flies, Bactrocera spp., (Tephritidae: Diptera) MA MA K, SP,+

Grapes Flea beetles, Scelodonta strigicollis (Mostschulsky)

(Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera)

• – K

Berry webber, Adoxophyes privatana (Walker) (Tortric-

idae: Lepidoptera)

SP – SP

Shot hole borer, Xyleborus spp, (Scolytidae: Coleoptera) – – K, AgP,+