Distribution Pattern and Feeding Ecology of Mexican Beetle, Zygogramma biocolorata Pallister on Parthenium Weed
Anuj Kumar *
Department of Zoology, Sunrise University, Alwar, Rajasthan, India.
Haroon Bashir
Department of Zoology, Sunrise University, Alwar, Rajasthan, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The topic I chose for my research paper is very important because farmers nowadays are dealing with a lot of issues, and one of the main causes of these issues is carrot grass, also known as Congress grass. This exotic grass arrived in India with wheat from America and is now ruining farmers' crops and other assets. It also causes skin conditions, respiratory conditions, and other illnesses to manifest in farmers' bodies. I'm writing this paper in order to learn more about this subject. Additionally, this grass is harmful due to its rapid growth and reproduction, which allows it to spread quickly by dispersing seeds and automatically consumes all the nutrition available to the farmers' crops, so that the crops get better. becomes deficient in nutrition. Which grass is not so easy to destroy, because after drying it also falls on the ground and grows again, that is why it is very difficult to remove it from the crop. After studying I found that there is a rate of an insect Zygogramma biocolorata by who consumes it in the form of his diet, through that it can be easily controlled. It is a dark brown coloured beetle which provides its leaves as food by living on it, if we increase its population, then perhaps the problem of carrot grass can be controlled to some extent. I am doing research work on this topic in which I am studying reading habit and mating behaviour of Zygogramma biocolorata.
Keywords: Grass, beetles, insect, colour, leaves, consumes, parthenium