Rodent ecology in sugarcane in Lower Sind, Pakistan

Smiet, A. C.; Fulk, George W.; Lathiya, S. B.

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“…Although the rat is now quite common and widely distributed in Punjab, there is no evidence of its ever attaining high densities as reported by Jerdon (1867). In the cultivations of Sind, the rat is known to feed intensively on wheat, rice and sugarcane (Fulk et al , 1981Smiet et al 1980). Our data reveal that in the croplands of central Punjab the staples of the rat's diet are wheat, lucern, Trifolium, sugarcane, sorghum, and Chenopodium.…”

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“…B. bengalensis, T. indica an M. musculus exploit wheat grains intensively during the spring season (Khan et al 1991 ;Beg et al 1992 ;Butt 1990 ;Asif et al 1992). The rat ate sugarcane mainly in fall and winter but not as intensively as it does in Sind (see Smiet et al 1980) or as does B. bengalensis in central Punjab (Butt 1990). In both species, cane is only sparingly utilized during the spring season when the rats heavily depend on wheat, an abundant and nutritious food.…”

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“…Smiet et al (1980) reported that about half of the diet of the rats captured in sugarcane fields was composed of the cane in November, December and January but otherwise little cane was eaten. In March, 43 % of the diet of the rat consisted of wheat.…”

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Food habits of Millardia meltada (Rodentia, Muridae) in the croplands of central Punjab (Pakistan)

Beg¹,

Khan²,

Mushtaq-Ul-Hassan³

1994

Mammalia

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An analysis of the stomach contents of 196 specimens of Millardia meltada, snap-trapped from different farm crops of central Punjab during the period extending from August, 1988 through June, 1989, revealed that wheat was the most dominant component of the rat's diet as 35.66 % of the annual diet was due to this item alone. Lucern (10.82 %), sugarcane (10.82 %), sorghum (10.82 %), Trifolium (8.27 %), and Chenopodium (7.63 %) were among the other important staples of the rat's diet. Animal food constituted only 0.63 % of the annual diet.Wheat predominated in the spring (82.73 %) as well as the summer diet (63.98 %). Sugarcane became an important component in the fall diet (13.15 %), but it gained predominance later in winter (33.10%). Because of predominance of wheat, the spring diet was least diversified, whereas the fall diet was the most diversified one. Besides seasons, the habitat of capture in the farm lands considerably influenced the rat's diet.The total annual diet of the rat comprised mainly of vegetative parts of plants viz., leaves (15 %), stems (51 %), and roots (4 %); the contribution of seeds and grains being only 27 %.Resume. -L'analyse du contenu gastrique de 196 individus de Millardia meltada, capture's avec des tapettes ä rats dans differents types de cultures, au Punjab central, entre aoüt 1988 et juin 1989, a montre que le bl£ e*tait la nourriture principale des rongeurs et representait 35,66 % du regime annuel. La luzerne (10,82%), la canne ä sucre (10,82%), le sorgho (10,82%), le trefle (8,27 %) et Chenopodium (7,63 %) comptetaient ce regime avec seulement 0,63 % de nourriture d'origine animale.Le bio est predominant au printemps (82,73 %) et en hiver (63,98 %). La canne ä sucre devient importante en automne (13,15 %) et plus encore en hiver (33,10 %). Du fait de la pr£do-minance du b!6, le regime alimentaire de printemps est moins diversifi£, le plus diversifio &ant en automne.En plus des saisons, le lieu de capture dans les champs a influe* sur le rögime. Le regime annuel de Millardia, dans 1'ensemble, comprend surtout les parties vegetatives des plantes: feuilles (15 %), tiges (51 %) et racines (4 %); les graines ne representent que 27 %.

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Food habits of Millardia meltada (Rodentia, Muridae) in the croplands of central Punjab (Pakistan)

Beg¹,

Khan²,

Mushtaq-Ul-Hassan³

1994

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“…The species richness is comparable to that of some other agro-ecosystems of Pakistan and India: four species infest field crops of Faisalabad (Beg et al 1980), five species occur in sugarcane and 4-6 species in rice fields of lower Sindh (Greaves et al 1977;Smiet et al 1980;Fulk et al 1981a) and up to 11 species occur in cereal crops of the Indian desert (Advani 1982).…”

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Small rodents in the crop ecosystem of Pothwar Plateau, Pakistan

Hussaın¹,

Cheema²,

Khan³

2003

Wildl. Res.

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In a 16-month study on rodent-infestation patterns in crop fields on the Pothwar Plateau, Pakistan, five rodent species were found to occur in the following order of dominance: Tatera indica, Bandicota bengalensis, Mus spp., Golunda ellioti and Nesokia indica. On the basis of the trapping data, the first three species were considered to have pest status and their relative abundance changed from season to season. During spring, T. indica and B. bengalensis were the dominant species. B. bengalensis became dominant in summer. The proportion of T. indica increased during the monsoon season and autumn (58.5%) and reached almost 95% during winter. Mus species were more common than B. bengalensis in the post-summer monsoon and autumn. G. ellioti and N. indica were captured occasionally, and showed no seasonal preference. As N. indica is a highly fossorial species, surface trapping is believed to have underestimated its prevalence. Unlike the other species, the population of T. indica was stable all over seasons; this appeared to be linked to its use of the wild vegetation on the field boundaries. This preliminary information highlights the need for further studies to explore the life-history traits and habitats of these rodent species.W R 0 1 0 2 5 R o d e n t s o f t h e P o t h w a r P l a t e a u , P a k i s t a n I . H u s s a i n e t a l .

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“…An early report from Bombay and Calcutta (1966) showed that B. bengalensis increased in population size enormously and displaced the R. rattus in urban areas (Seal & Banerji, 1966). One of the underlying mechanisms was the high reproductive capacity of B. bengalensis (Parrack & Thomas, 1970;Smiet, Fulk, & Lathiya, 1980;Thitipramote, Suwanjarat, & Breed, 2009), and the aggressive behaviour that dominant males exhibit (Parrack & Thomas, 1970;Smiet et al, 1980). Other research from India reported B. bengalensis to be the most aggressive field rodent (Mann, 1973) and that the females confine most of their time to hoarding food and are less active than males (Parrack & Thomas, 1970).…”

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Rodent-borne health risks in farming systems

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Rodent ecology in sugarcane in Lower Sind, Pakistan

Cited by 9 publications

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Food habits of Millardia meltada (Rodentia, Muridae) in the croplands of central Punjab (Pakistan)

Food habits of Millardia meltada (Rodentia, Muridae) in the croplands of central Punjab (Pakistan)

Small rodents in the crop ecosystem of Pothwar Plateau, Pakistan

Rodent-borne health risks in farming systems

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