Kanchan Saikia

Shelter Plant Preference of an Atypical White Grub Species, Lepidiota mansueta Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Relation to Plant Morphological Characters

Badal Bhattacharyya, Mrinmoy Das, Sudhansu Bhagawati, Shimantini Borkataki, Kaushik Das & Kanchan Saikia · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2026

Efforts were undertaken to identify the most preferred shelter plant of a white grub beetle, Lepidiota mansueta on the basis of different morphological characters of the plants with the objective of improving beetle management strategies. During the study period, seven most prefe...