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Emergence of Zygogramma. bicolorata Pallister after pupation from different soils/ substrata round the year  

Emergence of Zygogramma. bicolorata Pallister after pupation from different soils/ substrata round the year  

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The Zygogramma bicolorata beetle feeds on leaves of Parthenium hysterophorus, stem and inflorescences of the weed of Parthenium hysterophorus. The beetle feeding results in complete defoliation, health problems and causes death of the weed plant. Methods are standardized to rear the beetle in laboratory conditions to release the beetle round the ye...

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... sandy soil recorded maximum difference in FW in June, July and December. The minimum difference of fresh weight of pupae and respective grubs was recorded in usar and sandy soils (Table 3; Figure 1). ...

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