Shootfly species and their graminaceous hosts in Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

Intmat~ond Crop Reuuch lnsulute lor the Semi-Arid Tropn (ICRISAT) Patancheru. PO.. 542 324 A P. India A*mct-Thu p a w d m b n the results ofeatennve runng of shoolHy s p c~n of the genera 4rher1-OM and 4cr1rorhana from cult~valcd and w~ld Grrnuneae ln Andhra Pradnh. lnd~a N~nctun lly specla werc recorded from 41 gramlnrcmw s p c l n ~nclud~ng cult~vated sorghum 4rhrngena nxcors an Important pest of sorghums in the Old World troptcl. w u reared from ! ? host plants Only culuvated and wtld spma of wrghum were Imponant u hosts of tha pest spates It was observed that altemat~ve host Gramlneu were of nunor Importance In the 'carryover' of lrhrrtyonu wco~n through the o U~u o n but the trr~gated sorghum grown for fodder wuld be an lmportanl wurce of Hm In general. shootlltn 01 a pnneuiar spcc~n usually favored one gram~narcuu host r b t e others The numer~ully dom~nnnt fly reared from wlld Grnm~neu was Alhrr~yonafdl~rlo. wh~rh u n recorded on 17 hosts. lncludtng wrgnum Other common spcoa In Gram~neae were 4rhrr1yonu pullo 41hrr1yona or):ar. Arhsr~qo~ puncrorn and Arhmgona orr~palp~s, all of wh~ch werc also reared In verv low numbers from sorghum F~vc new spntn of 4thrngona werc reared thru of thnc w~l l h dn~r~bcd bhorrly

The Bermudagrass Stem Maggot ( Atherigona reversura Villeneuve): A Review of Current Knowledge

“…His team's findings were published in the Arkiv för Zoologi where Villeneuve noted that the species appeared to be an undescribed member of the genus Atherigona (Villeneuve, 1936). During the late 21st century, various entomological researchers have found evidence of adult A. reversura throughout Southeast Asia while they were investigating other Atherigona species, such as the closely‐related sorghum shoot fly, A. soccata (Davies and Seshu Reddy, 1981; Pont, 1981; Pont and Magpayo, 1995). Generally speaking, the BSM appears to be more common in warm, humid climates.…”

Türkiye’de sorgumda yeni bir zararlı, Atherigona varia (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Muscidae)

“…ve S. halepense' dir (Şekil.3). Konukçuları arasında Sorghum spp., Echinochloa colonum, E. procera, Cymbopogon sp., Paspalum scrobiculatum, Pennisetum glaucum (Malipatil & Plant Health Australia, 2008) ve Brachiaria, Cynodon, Echinochloa, Eragrostis, Panicum, Pennisetum, Setaria, Sorghum cinslerine ait türlerin yanında hububat bitkilerinden buğday ve mısırda da gelişmesini sürdürebileceği bildirilmiştir (Davis & Seshu Reddy, 1981;Gahukar, 1991).…”

Off‐season survival and seasonal carry‐over of the sorghum shootfly,Atherigona soccataRondani (Diptera: Muscidae) in Kenya

“…Except for a few reports of the insect surviving the offseason on wild hosts (Starks, 1970;Granados, 1972;Davies and Seshu Reddy, 1981;Delobel and Unnithan, 1981) and on tillers produced by sorghum stubble after harvest (Delobel and Unnithan, 1981), it is still a subject of speculation. It has been suggested that A. soccata larvae and/or pupae undergo a quiescent period or aestivationdiapause during the off-season, thus surviving until the next crop (Barry, 1972;Clearwater and Othieno, 1977;Ogwaro, 1979).…”