Parasitization capacity of trichogramma chilonis ishii (hymenoptera: trichogrammatidac) on the eggs of helicoverpa armigera (lepidoptera: noctuidae) under laboratory conditions

Puneeth, P. and Vijayan, V. A. (2014) Parasitization capacity of trichogramma chilonis ishii (hymenoptera: trichogrammatidac) on the eggs of helicoverpa armigera (lepidoptera: noctuidae) under laboratory conditions. International Journal of Advanced Biological Research, 5 (3). ISSN 2229 – 6441

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Abstract

The pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera is considered to be the most important pest of several crops such as cotton, tomato, tobacco, chick pea, pigeon pea etc. Trichogramma chilonis, the tiny wasp, which are the major parasitoids of lepidopteran eggs are used to control plant pests and are used widely in augmentative biological control. In the present laboratory study, infestation capacity of the parasitoid on the eggs of H. armigera was undertaken at Mysore, India. Also, the hatchability rate, developmental period and longevity of the biocontrol agent were studied. The results revealed that the T. chilonis exhibited 58.54% parasitization and 93% hatchability on the pod borer. It took an average of 8.28 days to develop under laboratory conditions and lived for 6.7 days. These findings will be helpful in employing T. chilonis in the control of H. armigera on the agricultural crops in the field

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	B Life Science > Zoology
Divisions:	Department of > Zoology
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Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2019 10:01
Last Modified:	10 Oct 2019 10:01
URI:	http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/8860

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