The population of total predatory fauna of ants occurring in brinjal crop, during the course of investigation revealed that, during Kharif season, the maximum number of ants recorded were in case of Camponotus sericeus ( ants/10 plants), followed by Solenopsis geminata (23 ants/10 plants), in rabi and summer similar result was found at Attur farm (unsprayed area) and at sprayed areas Kharif season were C. sericeus ( ants/10 plants), followed by C. compressus ( ants/10 plants) and C. parius ( ants/10 plants), in rabi and summer similar result was found at Chikkaballapur and Doddaballapur areas. |