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EVALUATION OF INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE PROFILE IN Spodoptera litura (FABRICIUS) POPULATIONS THROUGH BIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS
(PAU Ludhiana, 2013) Harpreet Kaur Cheema; B. K., KANG
Evaluation of insecticide resistance profile in Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) populations was done through biological, biochemical and molecular diagnosis. Population from Sangrur was found to be the least susceptible for most of the insecticides, except for chlorpyriphos, chlorantraniliprole and novaluron which were least toxic to population from Bathinda, and pyridalyl which was least toxic to population from Ludhiana. Population from Hoshiarpur was found to be the most susceptible for all insecticides except acephate and pyridalyl to which Bathinda population was most susceptible. Thiodicarb among the conventional group of insecticides and chlorantraniliprole among the newer insecticides were found to be the most toxic against all the test populations. The synergistic effect of TPP (6.16- fold), PBO (3.72- fold) and DEM (1.73- fold) in the least susceptible population suggested the involvement of esterases and mixed function oxidases in providing resistance to various insecticides. Synergistic effect of PBO (6.21- fold) on the fenvalerate- selected population followed by TPP (5.74- fold) and DEM (1.89- fold) indicated the possible role of mixed function oxidases, esterases and to some extent glutathione S- transferases in imparting resistance to pyrethroids in S. litura. Multiple detoxification enzymes and AChE insensitivity were found to be involved in imparting resistance in S. litura towards various insecticides. Selection with fenvalerate increased the activities of MFOs, esterases and GST by 1.84, 1.73 and 1.3 times in S. litura proving their role in pyrethroid-mediated resistance. Activities of MFO, esterases and insensitivity of AChE can be used as biochemical tools for monitoring insecticide resistance in S. litura. RAPD markers established the presence of inter and intra population variations that might be related to insecticide resistance. Alignment between COI sequences of fenvalerate- selected (SGR-Sel) and susceptible types (SGR) identified existence of a single base/ nucleotide polymorphism at position 421 represented by substitution of T in SGR-Sel with C in SGR type. Based on this polymorphism, COI based specific primers were developed, tested and validated for differentiating amongst these S. litura types.
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UPTAKE AND METABOLISM OF IMIDACLOPRID IN SUGARCANE AND ITS PERSISTENCE IN SOIL
(PAU Ludhiana, 2012) Smriti Sharma; Balwinder Singh
The uptake and metabolism of imidacloprid in sugarcane leaves and soil were studied following application of imidacloprid @ 20 and 80 g a.i. ha-1. Samples of sugarcane leaves and soil were collected at various time intervals and analyzed by using High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) and confirmed by Liquid Chromatograph –Mass Spectrometry (LCMS). Total residues of imidacloprid and its metabolites were found to be 4.97 and 12.99 mg kg-1 in leaves collected 7 days after the application of imidacloprid @ 20 and 80 g a.i. ha-1 respectively. These residues declined to below the detectable limit at 90 days after the application at both the dosages. The samples of sugarcane juice and trash did not reveal the presence of imidacloprid residues at harvest. In soil samples total residues of imidacloprid were found to be 4.29 and 7.81 mg kg-1 collected 7 days after the application @ 20 and 80 g a.i. ha-1 respectively. These residues could not be detected at 90 days after the application at both the dosages. In laboratory experiment, residues of imidacloprid in sandy loam, loamy sand and clay loam after 7 day of its application @ 100 mg kg-1 were found to be 69.74, 72.66 and 77.20 mg kg-1, respectively. The persistence of imidacloprid was almost similar in all type of soils. In sterilized soil, Bacillus alkaninitricus was found to be more efficient than B. aerophilus and their consortium while, in unsterilized soil, bacterial consortium proved to be more efficient in imidacloprid degradation.
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DEVELOPMENT OF TOBACCO CATERPILLAR, Spodoptera litura (FABRICIUS) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE) ON DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF CABBAGE
(PAU Ludhiana, 2012) Jasjinder Kaur; Inderpal Singh)
The development of tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was studied during 2012-13 on cabbage cultivars viz. Pride of India, Pusa Drum Head, KGMR-1, Golden Acre and Pusa Mukta at the Entomological Laboratory, PAU, Ludhiana. There were significant differences in incubation period and hatchability of eggs with a minimum incubation period on Pusa Mukta (4.27 ± 0.09 days) and maximum on Pride of India (4.87 ± 0.10 days). Egg hatchability was maximum on Pusa Mukta (86.66 ± 0.82%) and minimum on Pride of India (81.76 ± 1.06%). There were significant differences in duration of larval instars on different cultivars. Total larval duration was minimum on Pusa Mukta (15.55 ± 0.12 days) and maximum on Pride of India (20.09 ± 0.14 days). The larval survival was minimum on Pride of India (71.00 ± 1.29%) and maximum on Pusa Mukta (89.00 ±1.29%). Pre-pupal and pupal periods were observed as minimum on Pusa Mukta (2.26 ± 0.02 and 6.38 ± 0.03 days, respectively) and maximum (2.89 ± 0.10 and 9.08 ± 0.05 days, respectively) on Pride of India. The male and female pupal weight was maximum on Pusa Mukta (0.362 ± 0.003g and 0.364 ± 0.004g, respectively) and minimum on Pride of India (0.349 ± 0.003g and 0.351 ± 0.003g, respectively). Pupal survival was maximum on Pusa Mukta (92.00 ± 1.83%) and minimum on Pride of India (80.00 ± 2.42%) and Pusa Drum Head (80.00 ± 2.08%). No significant differences were observed in pre-oviposition, oviposition, post-oviposition periods; adult longevity and fecundity on all the test cultivars. The female and male sex ratio ranged from 1.22:1 to 1.86:1 on different test cultivars. The total life duration of S. litura varied significantly among different cultivars with maximum on Pride of India (36.93 ± 0.25 days) and minimum on Pusa Mukta (28.46 ± 0.54 days). The extent of damage in terms of leaf area consumed/ larva was maximum on Pusa Mukta (158.28 ± 0.89 cm²) and minimum on Pride of India (139.82 ± 0.69 cm²). The Consumption Index (CI), Approximate Digestibility (AD), Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Efficiency of Conversion of Ingested food (ECI) were found to be maximum on Pusa Mukta (2.20 ± 0.04, 88.10 ± 1.04%, 0.20 ± 0.01 and 9.18 ± 0.37%, respectively). However, Pride of India recorded minimum CI (1.06 ± 0.02) and AD (76.10 ± 1.74%) with comparatively lower RGR (0.09 ± 0.01) and ECI (8.28 ± 0.33%), and thus proved least suitable for the development of S. litura.
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CROP LOSSES BY BLISTER BEETLE (Mylabris pustulata Thunberg) (Coleoptera: Meloidae) ON PIGEONPEA AND MUNGBEAN AND ITS MANAGEMENT
(PAU Ludhiana, 2012) Gurjeet Singh; Ravinder Singh
Studies on seasonal incidence, crop losses, host preference and management of blister beetle (Mylabris pustulata Thunberg) (Coleoptera: Meloidae) on pigeonpea and mungbean were carried out at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana during Kharif 2010 -11. The crop losses studies were carried out under net house conditions as well as under field conditions while the management studies were made under field conditions. The experiments on seasonal abundance revealed that blister beetle started appearing in the 4th week of August with peak activity period during the 4th week of September in pigeonpea and mungbean under Punjab conditions. The blister beetles were more active during morning and evening hours on both the crops. The activity during noon hours was relatively low. Studies on crop losses under field conditions showed that blister beetle caused up to 36.20 per cent damage to flowers and 53.22 per cent losses in yield at 1.96 beetles per plant in pigeonpea and 15.80 per cent damage to flowers and 35.90 per cent losses in yield at 1.3 beetles per plant in mungbean crop. The investigations on crop losses under net house conditions revealed that M. pustulata caused maximum reduction up to 54.18 per cent in pod setting, 20.15 per cent in seed setting and 65.00 per cent in grain yield @ 2 beetles per plant in pigeonpea. However, in mungbean crop, M. pustulata caused maximum reduction up to 67.14 per cent in pod setting, 26.65 per cent seed setting and 75.29 per cent in grain yield @ 4 beetles per plant. Host preference studies carried out under laboratory conditions revealed that M. pustulata showed highest preference towards pigeonpea (87.22 per cent flowers eaten), followed by urdbean (43.52 per cent flowers eaten) and mungbean (30.38 per cent flowers eaten). Amongst varieties, pigeonpea variety AL 201, mungbean variety ML 818 and urdbean variety Mash 338 were more preferred than other varieties of these pulse crops. The studies on management of M. pustulata showed that deltamethrin 2.8 EC @ 500 ml ha-1 > cypermethrin 25 EC @ 250 ml ha-1 > chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 3750 ml ha-1 were the most effective insecticides among all the treatments in both pigeonpea and mungbean.
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Incidence of insect pests and management of shoot fly, Atherigona spp. in spring sown maize.
(PAU Ludhiana, 2013) Jawala Jindal; Dulcha S., Brar
The studies on the incidence of insect pests and management of shoot fly, Atherigona spp. in spring sown maize were conducted during 2011 and 2012 in the Punjab. At Ludhiana and Hoshiarpur, shoot fly was recorded as the key pest of this crop, while the incidence of other insect pests of maize was of minor importance. At Ludhiana, the small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus (Fallén) was observed for the first time on the crop and its highest counts were observed in 3rd (96.06 to 186.08/ sweep) in 2011 and 4th week of April (0.16 to 1.49/ plant) in 2012. The predatory coccinellids were also observed in correspondence to the higher population of L. striatellus during 2011. The maximum egg counts of Atherigona spp. were observed at 10 DAG (0.19 to 0.52 eggs/ plant ) in 2011 and at 17, 7 and 12 DAG (0.15 to 0.79 eggs/ plant ) in end January, mid and end February sown crops, respectively during 2012. The deadhearts due to shoot fly damage were more in end February (11.58 & 17.72 %) followed by mid February (9.73 & 16.85 %) and least in end January sown crop (5.79 & 8.98 %) with grain yield loss of 27.93 & 37.97, 38.21 & 38.66; and 38.99 & 45.04 per cent, respectively during 2011 and 2012. Based on deadhearts incidence, the genotypes JH 3459 (10.49 %) & JH 3956 (10.95 %); CM 143 (15.16 %), PMH 1 (15.35 %) & JH 31244 (16.70 %); and LM 16 (21.48 %), PMH 2 (21.52 %) & Parkash (23.57 %) were found to be least, intermediate and highly susceptible to shoot fly, Atherigona naqvii Steyskal. The proportion of deadhearts out of total shoot fly incidence was minimum in JH 3459 & JH 3956.Whereas LM 16, PMH 2 & Parkash had lower larval & pupal periods; and higher larval survival, male & female pupal weight & fecundity. Thus, revealed the presence of tolerance and antibiosis mechanism of plant resistance in test genotypes against A. naqvii. The more leaf length, leaf width, stem girth and reducing sugars content were found related to susceptibility in the test genotypes and thus, could be useful in screening of maize germplasms against A. naqvii. The seed treatment with imidacloprid 600 FS @ 6 ml/ kg seed was found to be highly effective for the management of shoot fly in the spring sown maize.
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VIRULENCE OF SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES FOR INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT
(PAU Ludhiana, 2013) Rajwinder Kaur; Vikas Jindal
The studies on the virulence of symbiotic bacteria associated with EPNs were carried out on five EPN strains (N-12, N-13, N-14, N-15 & N-17) isolated form Punjab soils. Bacterial isolates (1, 2, 3, 4 & 5) from local EPN strains produced brick red coloured colonies and were non-bioluminescent. The infective juveniles (IJs) of each EPN strain developed into adults within 72 hours, when fed on respective bacterial isolates. This confirmed the association between bacterial isolates and respective EPN strains. The dendrogram developed based on RAPD-PCR analysis established that isolates 2, 4 and 5 are very closely related (94% similarity). However, isolates 1 and 3 (65% similar) are different from other three isolates. Based on sequence homology of 16S rDNA region of all bacterial isolates, the bacterial isolate 1 was identified as Delftia acidovorans, isolate 2 as Brucella spp., isolate 3 as Pectobacterium cypripedii, isolates 4 and 5 as Chryseobacterium indologenes. As all the bacterial isolates were different from most commonly occurring symbiotic bacteria (Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus) with EPNs, thus four local EPN strains were identified based on ITS (internal transcribed spacer) region. All local EPN strains showed a maximum identity with new EPN genera viz. Heterorhabditidoides sp. RG081015 (88% similarity) followed by Rhabditis sp. Tumian-2007 and Heterorhabditidoides chongmingensis. This is the first record of a new species/genera of EPN isolated from India, which is very closely related to Heterorhabditidoides based on ITS region. In the bioassay experiment, none of the bacterial isolates was found effective for management of tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius).
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Evaluation of insecticide resistance profile in Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) populations through biological, biochemical and molecular diagnosis
(PAU, 2013) Cheema, Harpreet Kaur; KANG, B. K.
Evaluation of insecticide resistance profile in Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) populations was done through biological, biochemical and molecular diagnosis. Population from Sangrur was found to be the least susceptible for most of the insecticides, except for chlorpyriphos, chlorantraniliprole and novaluron which were least toxic to population from Bathinda, and pyridalyl which was least toxic to population from Ludhiana. Population from Hoshiarpur was found to be the most susceptible for all insecticides except acephate and pyridalyl to which Bathinda population was most susceptible. Thiodicarb among the conventional group of insecticides and chlorantraniliprole among the newer insecticides were found to be the most toxic against all the test populations .The synergistic effect of TPP (6.16- fold), PBO (3.72- fold) and DEM (1.73- fold) in the least susceptible population suggested the involvement of esterases and mix ed function oxidases in providing resistance to various insecticides. Synergistic effect of PBO (6.21- fold) on the fenvalerate- selected population followed by TPP (5.74-fold) and DEM (1.89- fold) indicated the possible role of mixed function oxidases, esterases and to some extent glutathione S- transferases in imparting resistance to pyrethroids in S. litura. Multiple detoxification enzymes and AChE insensitivity were found to be involved in imparting resistance in S. litura towards various insecticides. Selection with fenvalerate increased the activities of MFOs, esterases and GST by 1.84, 1.73 and 1.3 times in S. litura proving their role in pyrethroid-mediated resistance. Activities of MFO, esterases and insensitivity of AChE can be used as biochemical tools for monitoring insecticide resistance in S. litura. RAPD markers established the presence of inter and intra population variations that might be related to insecticide resistance. Alignment between COI sequences of fenvalerate- selected (SGR-Sel) and susceptible types (SGR) identified existence of a single base/ nucleotide polymorphism at position 421 represented by substitution of T in SGR-Sel with C in SGR type. Based on this polymorphism, COI based specific primers were developed, tested and validated for differentiating amongst these S. litura types
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Development and management of fruit flies, Bactrocera spp. on different fruit crops
(PAU, 2012) Sandeep Singh; SHARMA, D. R.
The present study entitled “Development and management of fruit flies, Bactrocera spp. on different fruit crops” was conducted inthe Fruit Entomology Laboratory, Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and University Seed Farm, Ladhowal during 2010 and 2011. Studies on development of fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) and Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) on different fruit crops showed that guava was the most suitable host followed by Kinnow, pearand peach. Different combinations of temperature and relative humidity did not have any consistent influence on biological parameters. Evaluation of the impact of number of methyl eugenol based mineral water bottle traps (4-16 traps/acre) in male annihilation technique (MAT) in peach, pear, guava and Kinnow revealed that number of traps had a significant impact on the number of males trapped, quality marketable fruits and yield. Maximum males were trapped in guava followed by Kinnow, pear and peach. Four peaks were recorded with the availability of hosts like peach, pear, guava and Kinnow. A total of 1.99 lakh males were trapped (SMW 14 to 45) in these four crops during the year 2010. The present study indicated that availability of host plants had a direct bearing on population of fruit flies but the population was positively correlated with maximum and minimum temperature, whereas rainfall, sunshine and relative humidity had no significant effect on population variation on different crops. The successful control of male fruit flies and highest fruit yield was achieved by using 16 traps/acre in all these crops. Spinosad based bait application technique (BAT) comprising of a mixture of protein hydrolysate (0.1%) and spinosad (0.03%) was an appropriate treatment for the management of female fruit flies on pear and guava. Application of new IPM Module involving cultural practices, sanitation, MAT (16 traps/acre) and BAT (a mixture of protein hydrolysate (0.1%) and spinosad 0.03%) had successfully reduced the fruit fly population/infestation on pear, guava and Kinnow crops. Adults of parasitoid, Biosteres (Chilocaudatus) longicaudatus Ashmead emerged from fruit fly infested peach, pear, guava and Kinnow fruits.
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Absorption and Metabolism of Fipronil in Sugarcane and its Persistence in Soil
(2012) Mandal, Kousik
The persistence and metabolism of fipronil in sugarcane leaves and soil were studied following application of fipronil @ 75 and 300 g a.i. ha-1. Samples of sugarcane leaves and soil were collected at various time intervals and analysed by using Gas Liquid Chromatograph (GLC) and confirmed by Gas Liquid Chromatograph –Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The total residues of fipronil and its metabolites in sugarcane leaves after 7 days of its application @ 75 and 300 g a.i. ha-1 were found to be 0.26 and 0.66 mg kg-1, respectively.These residues could not be detected after 60 and 90 days following the application of fipronil at lower and higher dosages, respectively. The samples of sugarcane juice did not reveal the presence of fipronil residues at harvest. Maximum residues of fipronil and its metabolites in soil samples were found to be 0.025 and 0.098 mg kg-1 collected 7 days after the application of fipronil @ 75 and 300 g a.i. ha-1, respectively. These residues could not be detected after 210 and 240 days following the application of fipronil at lower and higher dosages, respectively. In laboratory experiment, the residues of total fipronil in sandy loam, loam and clay loam after 7 day of its application @ 100 mg kg-1 were found to be 74.30, 75.80 and 82.50 mg kg-1, respectively. The persistence of fipronil was found to be almost equal in all types of soil. Three soil microbes viz. Bacillus firmus, Bacillus aerophilus and Bacillus thuringiensis were isolated and identified from sugarcane fields. These were found to be very effective in degradation of fipronil.

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