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Biology of the sorghum Midge(Cantarinia sarghicola Coq.)(Cecidomyiidae:Diptera)

Volume : 62
Issue: Sep-sep
Pages: 572 - 573
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Abstract


The intensive and extensive cultivation and the introduction of new high yielding varieties of sorghum. through contributes to substantial increase in yield.have often resulted in the frequent outbreak of insect- pests.particularly the midge.Contarinia sorghicola Coq.In India a brief account of the insect has been given- by Felt(1921).Subramanian(1922).KunhiKannan(1926).Mani(1934)and Puttardriah(1947).A detailed study- on the biology of the insect on sorghum was taken up at the Agriculture College and Research Institute . - Coimbatore during the year 1970-71.

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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