Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research
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Department of Soil Science and Agri-Engineering, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal

Biography

Dr. Poonam Sapkota is a researcher in the study of Agriculture insects and Field entomology. Poonam has worked as a researcher in the Department of Soil Science and Agri Engineering, Agriculture and Forestry University Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Diversity, Relative Abundance, and Diurnal Variation of Insect Visitors of Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) at Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
  Author(s): Deepesh Dubey*, Resham Bahadur Thapa, Sundar Tiwari, Bhola Gautam and Poonam Sapkota
  
  A study was conducted to record the diversity, relative abundance, and diurnal variation of insect visitors of litchi from March to April 2019 at the Horticulture Farm of Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) Rampur (latitude 27°37' N and longitude 84°25' E). A total of twenty-seven species of insect flower visitors from six different orders and eighteen families was recorded. Hymenopterans were the most abundant insects (61.26%) in five different families, namely: Apidae, Megachilidae, Andrenidae, Vespidae and Braconidae followed by Diptera (26.13%), Coleoptera (4.50%), Hemiptera (4.50%), Lepidoptera (2.70%) and the lowest Orthoptera (0.90%), respectively. Honeybees were the abundant group of pollinators, viz. Apis dorsata F. (30.63%), Apis mellifera L. (9.46%), Apis florea F. (6.76%) and Apis cer.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2161-0983.20.9.226

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