DIVERSITY OF WEEDS AND ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS OF USILAMPATTI TALUK, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

Vanitha K; Dr. B. Geetha; Dr. S. Dinakaran

Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

DIVERSITY OF WEEDS AND ARTHROPODS IN THE AGRICULTURAL FIELDS OF USILAMPATTI TALUK, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

Vanitha K, Dr. B. Geetha, Dr. S. Dinakaran

Abstract :

 Biodiversity can be simply defined as the variety of all types of living organism. Weeds and arthropods are among the most diverge groups on earth, which received more attention in integrated pest management. Weeds and arthropods are playing a vital role in the agricultural ecosystem in addition with assisting the farmers. In our present study, arthropods and weeds were collected from rice field area of Usilai taluk, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu, India. The diversities were collected from September 2013 to Feuary 2014, using hand reaping methods. By this diversity, the farmers can able to assist their integrated pest management strategy through the collected weeds and arthropods. Also this study helps them to propose a framework strategy which highly suited with the collected arthropods and weeds in order to achieve the sound integrated pest management through weeds associated arthropods.