Raju R. Pandey and Tek B. Gurung
Lumle Agriculture Research Centre, P.O.Box No. 1, Pokhara, Kaski, Nepal

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ABSTRACT

Citrus green stink bug Rhynchocorris humeralis Thunberg is one of the major pests and causes fruit drop in mandarin oranges in the western hills of Nepal. Citrus green stink bug eggs were collected from citrus plants from farmer’s field at Lohi, Bandipur (550 m) and Horticultural Research Staton, Pokhara (850 m) and incubated at the ambient temperature at Yampaphant (450 m) and Lumle Centre (1650 m). Trissolcus Latisulcus, Anastatus sp. and Ooencyrtus utitheisae was associated with the eggs with higher rate of prevalence of the former two species. These naturally occurring bio-control agents could be important in managing citrus green stink bug in this region.