Impacts on Insect and Mite Pests - Climate Resilient Agriculture for Ensuring Food Security - page 132

Table 7.7 Recorded instances of recent insect pest outbreaks in relation to changing climate scenario in India
Insect pest Order/family Host plant/s Region/ location Probable reason(s) Impact of pest outbreak References

Sugarcane woolly aphid,
Ceratovacuna lanigera

Hemiptera: Aphididae Sugarcane Sugarcane belt of

Karnataka and
Maharashtra States
during 2002-2003

Recent abnormal
weather patterns

30 % yield losses Srikanth ( 2007 )

Insecticide misuse Reduced cane recovery

Rice plant hoppers,
Nilaparvata lugens and
Sogatella furcifera

Hemiptera:
Fulgoridae

Rice North India Recent abnormal

weather patterns

Crop failure over more
than 33,000 ha paddy area

IARI News
( 2008 )

Insecticide misuse

Mealybug, Phenacoccus
solenopsis

Hemiptera:
Pseudococcidae

Cotton,
vegetables,
ornamentals

Cotton growing belt of
the country

Recent abnormal
weather patterns

Heavy yield (30-40 %)
loss of cotton

Dhawan et al.
( 2007 )

Insecticide misuse Increased cost of crop

protection due to overuse
of pesticides

Changed cropping
environment
(introduction of Bt
cotton)

Papaya mealybug,
Paracoccus marginatus

Hemiptera:
Pseudococcidae

Papaya Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,

Maharashtra

Recent abnormal
weather patterns

Signifi cant yield loss to
the papaya growers

Tanwar et al.
( 2010 )

Insecticide misuse