New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Indian Scientists have warned that a Jamun berries and seed-eater wasp, scientifically known as 'A. kerrichi' is fast spreading its wings, threatening to inflict losses on Jamun tree growers.
Commonly found, evergreen Jamun is an economically important tree in India, which also has medicinal properties. Its berries and seeds are much sought after for their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and free-radical-scavenging properties.
However, the tiny but a potential pest of Jamun, A kerrichi, an eulohid seed borer which was reported from the agricultural fields in Pune way back in 1957, has been recently found seriously damaging the berries in Jamun trees (S Cumini) in fields in Karnataka's rural Bangaluru t...