Author(s) :
Ramachandran Nair, K.
Author Affiliation :
Vaisakh, Azhakikonam, Vattavila P O, (via) Chenkal, Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram District, 695 132 Kerala, India.
Journal article
:
Planter
2002
Vol.78
No.920
pp.619-625
ref.15
Abstract :
The plant hopper
Proutista moestaproutista moestaSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details is an economically important sap-sucking insect of palms and is implicated as a common vector of root (wilt) disease of coconut, yellow leaf disease of arecanut and spear rot disease of oil palm in
KeralakeralaSubject Category: Geographic Entities
see more details,
IndiaindiaSubject Category: Geographic Entities
see more details. The adults are sap-feeding, while its nymphs develop saprophytically by feeding on substrates undergoing fungal decomposition. Oil palm agroecosystem provides
P. moesta with abundant breeding substrates. The rotting smell and rose colour of the fungus,
NeurosporaneurosporaSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details sp., which grows profusely on oil palm bunch waste, attracts
P. moesta for oviposition.
P. moesta is always seen in feeding position. No hopper burn or feeding mark develops due to its feeding. The feeding punctures made by it on the ventral side of the
leavesleavesSubject Category: Anatomical and Morphological Structures
see more details are also not visible to the naked eye. Among the leaflets of a frond of an oil palm, 40-80 from the basal end are preferred for feeding. From the base, about 20-cm portion of the leaflet attracts more adults. It also shows preference to 10-mm area on either side of the mid rib for feeding. Early stage spear rot infected oil palm attracts 4.84 times more
P. moesta than the nearby healthy palms. The outer fronds directed towards North and South of an adult palm with yellow and green leaflets attracted 2.64 times more
P. moesta than those directed towards East and West.
Stephanitis typica [
S. typicus] is another vector of root (wilt) disease of coconut, which on migration to oil palm, may cause spear rot disease in India.
P. moesta and
S. typica show some similarities and differences in feeding and breeding behaviours. Normally, both are short distance fliers and many adults feed from the ventral side of the leaflet. Adults and nymphs of
S. typica produce hundreds of permanent feeding marks on the dorsal side of the leaves.
S. typica adults prefer to feed on the just unfurled leaves of coconut, while the adults of
P. moesta feed on the outermost leaves. In recent years,
P. moesta accepted oil palm as its most favoured food plant, but for
S. typica, coconut palm (
Cocos nucifera) remains to be its important host.
ISSN :
0126-575X
Record Number :
20033042539
Publisher :
Incorporated Society of Planters
Location of publication :
Kuala Lumpur
Country of publication :
Malaysia
Language of text :
English
Indexing terms for this abstract:
Organism descriptor(s) :
arthropodsarthropodsSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, DerbidaederbidaeSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, ElaeiselaeisSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, fungifungiSubject Category: Organism Names
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see more details, NeurosporaneurosporaSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, PhytoplasmaphytoplasmaSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, plantsplantsSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, ProutistaproutistaSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details, Proutista moestaproutista moestaSubject Category: Organism Names
see more details
Descriptor(s) :
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see more details, behaviourbehaviourSubject Category: Miscellaneous
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Identifier(s) :
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Geographical Location(s) :
IndiaindiaSubject Category: Geographic Entities
see more details, KeralakeralaSubject Category: Geographic Entities
see more details
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see more details, ProutistaproutistaSubject Category: Organism Names
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