Author： SHUKLA G. S. UPADHYAYA V. K.
Publisher： Entomological Society of America
ISSN： 1938-2901
Source： Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol.65, Iss.3, 1972-05, pp. : 762-763
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Abstract
Although Dethier (1953), Thorsteinson (I960), Beck (1965), Jermy (1966), and others have studied the mechanism involved in host plant selection and feeding behavior of phytophagous insects, the literature on phytophagous hemipteran pests, many of which infest important crops, is scanty, except for the work of Curtis (1964) and Auclair (1965). Dysdercus koenigii (F.) is a serious pest of malvaceous plants and no detailed work on the relative food preference of this insect has been done except that of Saxena (1965). He made some observations on the control of orientation and feeding behavior of this insect with chemical constituents of plants such as cotton and okra. The present paper deals with the relative food preference of this insect on some other malvaceous plants, namely Althea rosea (hollyhock), Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (gurhal), and Gossypium hirsutum (cotton).
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