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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2023)

Infestation of pinhole borer [Euplatypus parallelus (F.)] on Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.2074
Submitted
18 August 2022
Published
20-04-2023 — Updated on 01-07-2023
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Abstract

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. (Indian rosewood) is India's one of the main timber tree. This is the first report of infestation of D. latifolia by Euplatypus parallelus (Fabricius, 1801) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), beetle in Karnataka, India. Pinhead-sized holes with reddish resinous exudation oozing from them and blackened areas around the holes caused by the ambrosia fungi are the characteristic feature of infestation. Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. was isolated from infected portion of sapwood. Infested trees wilt, lose leaves and die. The infection may seriously threaten Indian rosewood.

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