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Parasitoid fauna associated with insect pests of vegetable crops of Kashmir Himalaya, India: Check list and biodiversity
Abstract :Parasitoids
are natural enemies of insect pests and form one of the potential biological
control measures. This paper presents an up-to-date systematic checklist of
parasitoids species reported to be parasitizing various insect pests in
vegetable ecosystems of Kashmir. The paper deals with 54 sp. of parasitoids falling under one family of insect order Diptera and
eight families of order Hymenoptera distributed over 43 insect genera recorded
from the 16 host-insect pest species on 16 species of vegetable crops in
diverse areas and localities of Kashmir valley.
These enlisted parasitoids include 5 tachinids, 3 aphelinids, 6
aphidiids, 11 braconids, 2 chalcidids, 12-eulophids, 11-ichneumonids,
3-pteromalids and 1 trichogrammatid. Besides, geographical local distribution
of enlisted parasitoids, the paper also incorporates parasitoid-Host
insect pest and Host-vegetable crop catalogue-cum-checklist
Pest, parasitoid, vegetable, braconids, ichneuomonids,
eulophids, chalcidids, Kashmir