A year round study was carried out on sugarcane fields at Thatta, lower Sindh. Bimonthly snap-trapping for five successive trap nights was carried out from January to December. Two snap traps were set every 10 meters in a line of 50 traps along the edge of sugarcane fields, about 1—2 meters into the crop field. The percent trap success and the relative abundance was calculated to determine rodent species abundance. Results showed that bandicoot rat, Bandicota bengalensis (Gray and Hardwicke) was the most prevailing rat (54.26%), followed by the short tailed mole rat, Nesokia indica (Gray and Hardwicke) (33.19%). The other species, trapped from the fields were soft-furred field rat Millardia meltada (Gray) (8.66%) and gerbil Tatera indica (Hardwicke) (3.91%). The overall trap success was 27.11%.
Syeda Azra Tariq, Amjad Pervez, Hina Zafar , Rajab Ali. (2017) POPULATION DYNAMICS OF RODENT PESTS IN SUGARCANE, (SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L.) IN LOWER SINDH, PAKISTAN, , Volume 14, Issue 2.
