Diversity and Damage Assessment of Snail in Cultivated Crops of Neelabut Bagh Azad Jammu And Kashmir (Pakistan)

Abstract

The present study was conducted to study diversity and damage assessment of snails in cultivated crops and ornamental plants. The study revealed two types of snail species Macrochlamys indica and Indoplanorbis exustus in the study area. The sampled plots of tomato, Karam, Palak, Dhania, Maize, Fresh beans, Sunflowers, Aloe Vera, Loki, Pumpkin, Bitter guard, Kheera, Kachmach, Hund were taken. The study revealed that at Neelabut, when 39 plants of Fresh beans were examined out of them 18 were found damaged and the damage percentage was 46%, 38 plants of sunflowers were examined and 17 (45%) were found damaged, 85 plants of tomato were examined and 11 (12.94%) were found damaged, 82 plants of Karam were examined and 12 ( 15%) were found damaged, 62 plants of Palak were examined and 16 (25%) were found damaged, 51 plants of maize were examined and 15 (29%) were found damaged. The snail is pest in the study area and measures should be taken to manage them through ecofriendly programs.

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of the Invasive Pestiferous Land Snail Macrochlamys indica Godwin-Austen, 1883 (Gastropoda: Ariophantidae) from Saudi Arabia

“…This Indo-Asian ariophantid snail is native to Bangladesh, India, and Nepal [13,18,22,[37][38][39][40]. It is proposed to be introduced to the Andaman Islands and Sri Lanka [16,39], Pakistan [41], Peninsular Malaysia [42], and Sabah and adjacent islands [43]. Recently, Agudo-Padrón and Luz [44] and Kudo et al [19] reported the occurrence M. indica as an alien species in southern Brazil and Japan, respectively.…”

Population genetic structure of Indoplanorbis exustus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in Thailand and its infection with trematode cercariae

“…This snail is commonly found attached to aquatic plants in small ponds, pools, lakes, and rice paddy fields, including in semi-permanent pool flooding fields. I. exustus acts as an important plant pest because it reduces the vigor of some crops by killing seeds or seedlings, destroying stems or growing points, or causing leaf damage, which subsequently causes economic loss [11,12].…”