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ABUNDANCE OF INSECT DIVERSITY IN PADDY FIELDS OF BODINAYAKKANUR THENI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA

Sheela A, Delphine Rose MR

Insect pests of rice are affected by climate change directly through physiological effects due to changes in temperature and precipitation and indirectly through effects due to changes in the quality of host plants. The environmental changes alter both the timings and rate of interactions with food plants, competitors and natural enemies. In the present study, the insect diversity in paddy fields at Bodinayakkanur area in Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India were surveyed fortnight from December 2017 to June 2019. This study reports on the diversity of the insect in the paddy plots cultivated in Bodinayakkanur area in Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India. There are records of many new pests shifting the host and also some invasive pests due to change in their habitat. There are many good examples of such changing insect pest scenario in rice crops.