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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
An investigation on biodiversity of leaf beetles was carried out at N. M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University (NAU) campus Navsari, Gujarat, India during 2018-19. A total 14 species of Leaf beetles were recorded belonging to 11 genera and 6 subfamilies viz., Alticinae, Cassidinae, Criocerinae, Eumolpinae, Galerucinae and Hispinaefrom different ecosystems i.e., paddy, bottle gourd, cruciferous crops, sponge gourd, sweet potato, okra and surya vartiplant (Chrozophora rottleri). Among them 21.43% belongs to Alticinae and Criocerinae each whereas Cassidinae, Eumolpinae, Galerucinae and Hispinae constitute 14.29% each and prepared the pictorial checklist of 14 species of leaf beetles was prepared.