Jasminum multiflorum (Burm. f.) Andrews (Oleaceae) - a new host plant record for Saissetia coffeae (Walker) (Coccidae: Hemiptera) from Assam, India

Authors

  • Ankur Jyoti Saikia Rain Forest Research Institute (Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, An Autonomous Council under Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India), Deovan, Jorhat-785001, Assam, India
  • Vipin Parkash Forest Research Institute (Deemed) University (Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education) An Autonomous Council under Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India), Dehradun-248195, (Uttarakhand) India
  • Prodip Kumar Hazarika Rain Forest Research Institute (Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, An Autonomous Council under Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India), Deovan, Jorhat-785001, Assam, India
  • Muhibul Hussain Rain Forest Research Institute (Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, An Autonomous Council under Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India), Deovan, Jorhat-785001, Assam, India
  • Kalyan Das Jagannath Barooah College (Autonomous), Jorhat, Assam, India
  • Pallwabee Duarah Jagannath Barooah College (Autonomous), Jorhat, Assam, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31783/elsr.2019.511822

Keywords:

ornamental plants, pests, polyphagy, sap sucker, scale insect

Abstract

Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andrews, alternately known as winter jasmine, Indian jasmine, downy jasmine and/ or star jasmine is reported for the first time as a host for the hemispherical scale insect Saissetia coffeae (Walker) from Assam, India.

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Jasminum multiflorum (Burm. f.) Andrews (Oleaceae) - a new host plant record for Saissetia coffeae (Walker) (Coccidae: Hemiptera) from Assam, India. (2019). Emergent Life Sciences Research. , 18-22. https://doi.org/10.31783/elsr.2019.511822