Refine your search
Collections
Co-Authors
Journals
Year
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z All
Shobitha, C. A.
- Host Range, Feeding Potential and Biological Attributes of Micromus igorotus Banks, a Predator of Sugarcane Woolly Aphid, Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner
Abstract Views :255 |
PDF Views:166
Authors
Affiliations
1 National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects (ICAR), P.B. No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, IN
1 National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects (ICAR), P.B. No. 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, IN
Source
Journal of Biological Control, Vol 25, No 4 (2011), Pagination: 305-310Abstract
Studies on host range of Micromus igorotus Banks, a predator of Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner indicated that the pupation was higher when aphids belonging to subfamily Hormaphidinae were used as food. Within subfamily Aphidinae, tribe Aphidini was preferred to Macrosiphini. Irrespective of instars of aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch was fed in significantly higher numbers than C. lanigera. Total feeding potential was also significantly higher on A. craccivora of adults. Feeding potential was significantly higher on Aphis gossypii Glover and lower on Pseudoregma bambusicola (Takahashi) and C. lanigera. Pre-oviposition period was significantly longer when adults were reared on A. gossypii. The predator laid maximum eggs when fed with P. bambusicola while least eggs were laid when C. lanigera was provided as prey. Egg and larval periods did not differ significantly on different aphid species, however, pupal period was significantly longer on A. craccivora and A. gossypii and shortest on C. lanigera. This study also provides authentic characters for sex determination of adults of M. igorotus.Keywords
Biology, Ceratovacuna lanigera, Feeding Potential, Micromus igorotus, Host Range.Full Text
References
- Joshi, S., Ballal, C. R. and Rao, N. S. 1998. An efficient and simple mass culturing technique for Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius), an aphidophagous syrphid. Indian Journal of Plant Protection, 26: 56–61.
- Lingappa, S., Patil, R. K., Mulimani, V. and Ramegowda, G. K. 2004. Brown lacewing, Micromus igorotus Banks – a potential predator of sugarcane woolly aphid. Current Science, 87: 1056–1057.
- Miermont, Y and Canard, M. 1975. The biology of the aphidophagous predator Eumicromus angulatus (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae): Studies in the laboratory and observations in the south-west of France. Entomophaga, 20: 179–191.
- Mulimani, V., Lingappa, S., Patil, R. K. and Ramegowda, G. K. 2007a. A simplified technique for mass multiplication of Micromus igorotus Banks (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) on sugarcane woolly aphid, Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner. Journal of Biological Control, 21: 141–147.
- Mulimani, V., Lingappa, S., Patil, R. K. and Ramegowda, G. K. 2007b. Host range, biology and feeding potential of brown lacewing, Micromus igorotus Banks. Journal of Biological Control, 21: 167–171.
- Oswald, J. D. 1993. Revision and cladistic analysis of the world genera of the family Hemerobiidae (Insecta: Neuroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 101: 143–299.
- Potemkina, V. I. and Kovalenko, T. K. 1990. The use of aphid predator, Micromus angulatus in integrated vegetable protection system. Nauchno Tekhnicheskii Byulleten VASkhNIL Sibirskoe otdelenie, 2: 24–32.
- Radhakrishnan, B. and Muraleedharan, N. 1989. Life history and population dynamics of Micromus timidus Hagen, a predator of tea aphid, Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe). Journal of Plantation Crops, 16: 189–194.
- Raychaudhuri, D. N., Ghosh, D., Poddar, S. C. and Ghosh, S. K. 1981. Notes on aphidophagous insect, Micromus timidus Hagen (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Science and Culture, 47: 223–224.
- Sato, T. and Takada, H. 2004. Biological studies on three Micromus species in Japan (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) to evaluate their potential as biological control agents against aphids: 1. Thermal effects on development and reproduction. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 39: 417–425.
- Shantibala, K., Somen, L., Debraj, Y. and Singh, T. K. 1994. Development and predatory efficiency of the larvae of Micromus timidus Hagen (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) on an oak aphid, Cervaphis quercus Takahashi. Indian Journal of Hill Farming, 7: 212–214.
- Stezel, M. and Hassan, S. A. 1992. Rearing of Micromus angulatus Steph. (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae), a new candidate beneficial insect for the biological control of insect pests in green houses. Journal of Applied Entomology, 114: 32–37.