Insect fauna of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis)

Issue Date

10-2013

Abstract

Study on the insect fauna of asparagus was done at the 0.5 hectare farm for the Asparagus Project of the College of Agriculture, Mindanao State University, Marawi City from July 7 to September 1, 2007. The insect fauna on asparagus consisted of species belonging to 24 families and nine orders. They were classified as phytophagous, parasitoids, predators, and neutral species. The four insect orders that contained pest species were Coleoptera (beetles), Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies), Homoptera (leaf and plant hoppers) and Orthopthera (grasshoppers). The curculionid beetle (Metapocyrtus sp.) was insect pest of asparagus. Other insect pests included the squash beetle (Aulacophora sp.), leaf feeding beetles, cutworm, hoppers and grasshoppers. Beneficial insects included the vespid wasps, dragonflies, earwigs, assassin bugs, and syrpid flies. Neutral species included the crane and humpbacked flies.

Source or Periodical Title

The Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

27

Issue

2

Page

212

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS; ASPARAGUS; INSECTA; FAUNA; PARASITOIDS; TAXONOMY

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