Transgenics: A panacea or victims of their own success
Abstract :
Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.) is the most important crop among various pulses grown in India. Pigeonpea crop is attacked by large number of herbivores and also serves as a habitat for more number of arthropod predators. Fifteen spider families including 58 genera/species were identified in a pigeonpea ecosystem in Coimbatore, South India and the families like Araneidae, Lycosidae and Salticidae were found dominant in occurrence. Maximum numbers of individuals were recorded for Peucetia viridana (Stoliczka). The diversity indices viz., richness index, diversity and evenness were maximum during flowering and pod filling stage. Relative occurrences of spiders belonging to Thomisidae were dissimilar and distinct in their occurrences both during 2006 and 2007.
Keywords:
Cajanus,diversity indices,Pigeonpea,Similarity,spider.
Citation: *,
( 2015), Transgenics: A panacea or victims of their own success. Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation, 7(4): 158-170
Correspondence: Prasann Kumar