Cereal crops, also known as grain crops are belonging to monocot plants under the family Poaceae. In the Indian diet, Cereal crops are the primary ingredient of food. In India as well as West Bengal a large number of Hemipteran insect species act as pest of cereals crops that decrease its production. The top five cereals in the world ranked on the basis of production tonnage are maize (corn), rice (paddy), wheat, barley, and sorghum. Some of the most economically important hemipteran pests of Cereal crops in India as well as West Bengal include aphids (Aphididae), mealybug (Pseudococcidae), stinkbugs (Pentatomidae), earhead bug (Alydidae), leafhopper (Cicadellidae) and plant hopper (Delphacidae), among various others. In this chapter a checklist of hemipteran pest of cereals crops, viz., maize (corn), rice (paddy) and wheat are provided along with the biology of selected hemipteran pests.
Cereal crops, Hemiptera, Maize, Pest, Rice, Wheat
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