- Jaswinder Kaur
- Pradyumn Kumar
- J. C. Sekhar
- Anjali Upadhyaya
- J. K. Bana
- S. R. Yadav
- P. Lakshmi Soujanya
- Pranjal Yadava
- Jagadeesh Patil
- K. Subaharan
- G. Shyam Prasad
- K. Srinivasa Babu
- S. L. Jat
- K. R. Yathish
- Jyothilakshmi Vadassery
- Vinay K. Kalia
- N. Bakthavatsalam
- J. C. Shekhar
- Sujay Rakshit
- Niraj Guleria
- Suresh M. Nebapure
- P. D. Kamala Jayanthi
- P. Saravan Kumar
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Suby, S. B.
- Incidence of Egg and Larval Parasitoids of Chilo partellus on Kharif Maize
Authors
1 Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110012, IN
2 ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research, Pusa Campus, New Delhi - 110012, IN
3 ICAR-Winter Nursery Centre, Rajendernagar, Hyderabad - 500030, Telangana, IN
4 49/3, Grainger Avenue, Ashfield-2131, NSW, AU
5 Agricultural Experimental Station, At and Post Paria-396145, Valsad, Gujarat, IN
6 Harnathpura, Post-Jorpura-303328, Via Jobner, Rajasthan, IN
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Journal of Biological Control, Vol 34, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 37-42Abstract
The incidence of egg and larval parasitoids of Chilo partellus was monitored in insecticide free maize fields at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, for three Kharif seasons of 2013 to 2015. The hymenopteran parasitoid, Trichogramma sp. was recorded to be the only egg parasitoid in this area, while a good number of larvae were parasitized by braconid, Cotesia flavipes. The egg parasitism was recorded on the freshly laid eggs of stem borer obtained by artificially releasing the adults of C. partellus on maize cultivars, HQPM1 and PMH1, at 12 days after germination. There was no egg parasitism recorded during Kharif 2013 and 2014, whereas 5.6 percent egg-mass parasitism by Trichogramma sp. was recorded during Kharif, 2015. The larval parasitoids were monitored by artificially infesting the maize plants with neonates of laboratory reared C. partellus. The larvae were allowed to develop on maize plants under field conditions for 20 days. The plants showing stem borer damage were cut and brought to the laboratory. The larvae collected from infested maize plants were reared in the laboratory. The maggots of C. flavipes recovered from parasitized larvae ranged from 29-100, 41-50 and 20-80 percent during Kharif 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. The result of this study indicated that parasitism by Cotesia was influenced by age of plants damaged by C. partellus. The young maize plants seemed to be more attractive to the foraging of Cotesia and more stem borer larvae were parasitized on these plants as the maximum (58 percent) parasitism was observed at 40-day-old crop. The parasitoid was found to be active on maize from 40-60 days after germination and the incidence decreased thereafter. Insecticides should not be used during this period. The current studies also revealed that host densities had no significant effect on percentage parasitism by Cotesia.
Keywords
Biocontrol, Chilo partellus, Cotesia, Maize, Trichogramma.References
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- Invasion of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in India: Nature, Distribution, Management and Potential Impact
Authors
1 ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research, Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana 141 004, IN
2 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560 024, IN
3 ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad 500 030, IN
4 DBT-National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi 110 067, IN
5 ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IN
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Current Science, Vol 119, No 1 (2020), Pagination: 44-51Abstract
Fall armyworm (FAW; Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith)) is emerging as the most destructive pest of maize in India since its report in May 2018. Its rapid spread to more than 90% of maize-growing areas of diverse agro-ecologies of India within a span of 16 months presents a major challenge to smallholder maize farmers, maize-based industry, as well as food and nutritional security. FAW has been reported from other crops as well like sorghum and millets with varied proportion of economic damage. In this review, the transboundary movement of FAW, role of ecology, its spread and damage are discussed. Management of FAW by developing and deploying various pest management tools is elaborated. The role of agro-ecological measures for reducing FAW damage with African experiences has also been highlighted.Keywords
Agro-Ecology, Fall Armyworm, Host Plant Resistance, Integrated Pest Management, Transgenics.- Identification of male-specific active host plant volatiles for maize stem borer, Chilo partellus Swinhoe
Authors
1 Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012, IN
2 Department of Entomology and Nematology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessarghatta, Bengaluru 560 089, IN
3 ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research, Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana 141 004, IN
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Current Science, Vol 121, No 4 (2021), Pagination: 578-581Abstract
The present study was conducted to identify male-specific active plant volatiles from maize against Chilo partellus. The gas chromatography-electroantennogram detector evaluation of volatile extracts collected from maize plant through dynamic headspace collection revealed the presence of six electrophysiologically active volatiles for male, viz. toluene, 2-ethyl-1-hexanol, 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, p-isopropyl benzaldehyde (cuminaldehyde) and p-xylene. Electroantennogram analysis of selective synthetic volatiles against male moths revealed significantly higher response to geranyl acetate, cuminaldehyde, linalool and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol. Electroantennogram studies showed dose-dependent responses of male moths against geranyl acetate, cuminaldehyde, linalool and 2-ethyl-1-hexanol up to 50 mg, above which saturation of antennal response was noticed. These findings will help to study the synergistic activity of identified volatiles with pheromone compounds for developing more effective lure for C. partellus monitoring and mass trapping.Keywords
Dynamic headspace collection, gas chromatography-electroantennogram detector, maize stem borer, male-specific active volatiles.References
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