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Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

ROLE OF INSECTS IN SECONDARY SPREAD OF ERGOT DISEASE OF PEARL MILLET

Volume : 75
Issue: Sep-oct
Pages: 304 - 307
Published: September 22, 2023
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Abstract


Seven insect species viz., Apis florea, Musca domestica, Tachina fallax, Oxycotonis versicolor, Dolycoris indicus, Syrphus sp. and Camponotus compressus visited the sugary disease infected earheads. Among them housefly, M. domesitea, Syrphus sp., and T. fallax visited were more in number. More number of insects visited the infected ear leads during morning hours between 7.00 and 10.00 a. m. A. florea and M. dom- es ca followed by T. fallax carried more conidial load on their body.

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304 - 307
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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