Distribution of white grubs in three ecological domains of Nepal

A survey was conducted to study the abundance and distribution of white grubs in three districts representing different ecological domines in the country during June-July 2010. Two light traps were installed for two nights in two locations each of Makawanpur, Tanahu and Chitwan districts, and a seas...

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Main Authors: Khanal. D., Yubak Dhoj, G.C., Sporleder, M., Thapa, R.B.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Nepal Journals Online 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66531
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Yubak Dhoj, G.C.
Sporleder, M.
Thapa, R.B.
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Yubak Dhoj, G.C.
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description A survey was conducted to study the abundance and distribution of white grubs in three districts representing different ecological domines in the country during June-July 2010. Two light traps were installed for two nights in two locations each of Makawanpur, Tanahu and Chitwan districts, and a season long light trap was installed at Mangalpur of Chitwan district from April to September 2010 for assessing scarab beetles flight activity. The ‘simple matching coefficient' revealed high similarity >70% between two sites in each of the districts, while a similarity of 29-50% was observed between sites of different districts. The Jaccard coefficient revealed the same trend. However, coefficients were much lower, above 40% when comparing sites within a district, and below 20% when compared sites among the districts. The dominant species in Chitwan were Anomala dimidiata Hope (24%) followed by Maladera affinis Blanchard (23.75%), Anomala varicolor (Gyllenhal) Rutelinae (23%), Heteronychus lioderus Redtenbacher (14%) and Holotrichia sp (7%). The flight activity and species composition of scarab beetles in the three districts appeared to be different. The Journal of Agriculture and Environment Vol:13, Jun.2012, Page 40-46 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/aej.v13i0.7586
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spelling CGSpace665312025-11-06T14:04:50Z Distribution of white grubs in three ecological domains of Nepal Khanal. D. Yubak Dhoj, G.C. Sporleder, M. Thapa, R.B. potatoes phyllophaga A survey was conducted to study the abundance and distribution of white grubs in three districts representing different ecological domines in the country during June-July 2010. Two light traps were installed for two nights in two locations each of Makawanpur, Tanahu and Chitwan districts, and a season long light trap was installed at Mangalpur of Chitwan district from April to September 2010 for assessing scarab beetles flight activity. The ‘simple matching coefficient' revealed high similarity >70% between two sites in each of the districts, while a similarity of 29-50% was observed between sites of different districts. The Jaccard coefficient revealed the same trend. However, coefficients were much lower, above 40% when comparing sites within a district, and below 20% when compared sites among the districts. The dominant species in Chitwan were Anomala dimidiata Hope (24%) followed by Maladera affinis Blanchard (23.75%), Anomala varicolor (Gyllenhal) Rutelinae (23%), Heteronychus lioderus Redtenbacher (14%) and Holotrichia sp (7%). The flight activity and species composition of scarab beetles in the three districts appeared to be different. The Journal of Agriculture and Environment Vol:13, Jun.2012, Page 40-46 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/aej.v13i0.7586 2012 2015-06-01T12:05:30Z 2015-06-01T12:05:30Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66531 en Open Access application/pdf Nepal Journals Online Khanal. D.; Dhoj G.C., Y.; Sporleder, M.; Thapa, R.B. 2012. Distribution of white grubs in three ecological domains of Nepal. The Journal of Agriculture and Environment. (Nepal). ISSN 2091-1009. 13:40-46.
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