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A report of insects and mites on mushrooms and mushroom beds from some areas of south 24 parganas, West Bengal
Authors
Anushka Sengupta, Salil K Gupta
Abstract
The present paper reports the occurrence of 6
species of insects belonging to 3 orders, 6 families and 6 genera as well as 25
species of mites under 3 orders, 12 families and 18 genera from mushrooms and
mushroom beds from some areas of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. As far as the insects are concerned, excepting one (Cyllodes
bifacies), which is of uncertain association, the rest are all damage causing to the mushrooms as well as mushroom beds.
Among the mites, 9 species were damage causing while 10,3,3 species were
predatory, fungal feeding and uncertain association, respectively. As
regards abundance, Isotoma fasciata, under Collembola, was the most abundant insect followed by larvae of Megaselia halterata and Musca domestica. Among the mites, the most abundant species
were- Acarus siro, A. gracilis, Hypoaspis vacua, H. aculifer and
Histiostoma heinemanni. The occurrence of the remaining species was relatively low.
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Pages:10-13
How to cite this article:
Anushka Sengupta, Salil K Gupta "A report of insects and mites on mushrooms and mushroom beds from some areas of south 24 parganas, West Bengal". International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research, Vol 9, Issue 2, 2024, Pages 10-13
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