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Comparative Toxicity of Two Isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner from Plutella xylostella L. and Papilio demoleus L. to some Important Lepidopteran Pests of Horticultural Crops


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1 Division of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake (PO), Bangalore – 560 089, India
2 Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, G. K. V. K., Bangalore – 560 065, India
 

Toxicity of two isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis viz. KPx-1 and IPd-1 isolated from diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae), and citrus butterfly, Papilio demoleus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), were tested against cabbage leaf webber, Crocidolomia binotalis, hairy caterpillar, Diacrisia obliqua and tomato fruit borer, Helicoverpa armigera. Among these, C. binotalis was highly susceptible (28.4 and 26.0 ng/cm2, for KPx-1 and IPd-1, respectively), while, H. armigera was the least susceptible (9.5 and 10.0 μg/ml, for KPx-1 and IPd-1, respectively).

Keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis, Isolates, Toxicity.
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  • Comparative Toxicity of Two Isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner from Plutella xylostella L. and Papilio demoleus L. to some Important Lepidopteran Pests of Horticultural Crops

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Authors

R. Asokan
Division of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake (PO), Bangalore – 560 089, India
Puttaswamy
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, G. K. V. K., Bangalore – 560 065, India

Abstract


Toxicity of two isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis viz. KPx-1 and IPd-1 isolated from diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae), and citrus butterfly, Papilio demoleus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), were tested against cabbage leaf webber, Crocidolomia binotalis, hairy caterpillar, Diacrisia obliqua and tomato fruit borer, Helicoverpa armigera. Among these, C. binotalis was highly susceptible (28.4 and 26.0 ng/cm2, for KPx-1 and IPd-1, respectively), while, H. armigera was the least susceptible (9.5 and 10.0 μg/ml, for KPx-1 and IPd-1, respectively).

Keywords


Bacillus thuringiensis, Isolates, Toxicity.