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.
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We are grateful to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, for providing financial assistance for this study under the National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture on “Understanding the Changes in Host Pest Interactions and Dynamics in Mango under Climate Change Scenarios”. We are also thankful to the four anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions made for the improvement of the manuscript.
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Choudhary, J.S., Prabhakar, C.S., Maurya, S. et al. New report of Hirsutella sp. infecting mango hopper Idioscopus clypealis from Chotanagpur Plateau, India. Phytoparasitica 40, 243–245 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-012-0230-8
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