A survey of beetles damaging commercially. Impotrtant stored timber in Kerala

Mathew, G. (1982) A survey of beetles damaging commercially. Impotrtant stored timber in Kerala. Other. Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur.

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Abstract

About 100 commercially important timber species are being extracted from the natural forests in Kerala and stored in depots. The stored timber is often attacked by borers belonging to the insect order Coleoptera. In the present survey, about 53 species of beetles were recorded as pests of one or more of 46 species of stored timber. These belong to the families, Cerambycidae, Bostrychidae, Lyctidae, Platypodidae, Scolytidae, Curculionidae and Anthribidae. The major cerambycid borers collected in this study were, Batocera rufomaculata (attacking Bombax ceiba, Ceiba pentandra, Manoifera indica and Syzygium cumini) ; Olenecamptus bilobus (attacking Artocarpus hirsutus and Lagerstroemia microcarpa) and Xystrocera globosa (attacking Albizia odoratissima). They generally attack the sapwood as well as heartwood of freshlv felled timber with intact bark...

Item Type:	Monograph (Other)
Author Affiliation:	Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur
Subjects:	Plant Protection
Divisions:	Other Crops
Depositing User:	Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2012 08:42
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2012 08:42
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/8725

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