New report of Hirsutella sp. infecting mango hopper Idioscopus clypealis from Chotanagpur Plateau, India.
Choudhary J. S., Prabhakar C. S., Sudarshan Maurya, Ritesh Kumar, Bikash Das, Shivendra Kumar
Author Affiliation: ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region Research Centre, Plandu, Ranchi, Jharkhand - 834 010, India.
Phytoparasitica 40 : 243-245
Abstract : An entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the genus Hirsutella was found infecting the mango hopper, Idioscopus clypealis (Lethierry) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), for the first time in India in September 2011. The report of a natural control agent of mango hopper during the off season has special significance because its outbreak depends upon its residual hibernating population.