Journal of Biological Control

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Effect of Acquisition Feeding Period on the Mortality of Heliothis armigera (Hbn.) due to Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus


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1 Division of Entomology/Nematology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake post, Bangalore 560 089, India
2 Centre for Plant protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, India
 

For virus control of insects, it is necessary to fix the minimum acquisition feeding period for the larvae to pick up infection by ingesting the polyhedra - treated food surface, before,the virus is affected by certain environmental factors. The aim of the present study was to find out the effect of acquisition feeding period in the laboratory on the mortality of Heliothis armigera (Hbn.) by nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV).

Keywords

Heliothis armigera, NPV, Acquisition Feeding Time.
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K. Narayanan
Division of Entomology/Nematology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake post, Bangalore 560 089, India
S. Jayaraj
Centre for Plant protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, India

Abstract


For virus control of insects, it is necessary to fix the minimum acquisition feeding period for the larvae to pick up infection by ingesting the polyhedra - treated food surface, before,the virus is affected by certain environmental factors. The aim of the present study was to find out the effect of acquisition feeding period in the laboratory on the mortality of Heliothis armigera (Hbn.) by nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV).

Keywords


Heliothis armigera, NPV, Acquisition Feeding Time.