TRITROPHIC INTERACTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) ON COTTON AND SUNFLOWER USING Chrysoperia carnea (Stephens)

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2007-08-29
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Banglore
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The investigations on ovipositional preference studies indicated that when compared across the different stages (Vegetative, flowering and boll formation ) the mean number of egg laying by C. carnea in absence and presence of H. armigera was significantly highest on DHH-543 and it laid significantly lower number of eggs on PA -255 and Abhadita. While H. armigera laid significantly higher egg load on Sahana and least on OB -3-12 followed by Abhadita. Among the different stages of cotton genotypes, C. carnea both in presence and absence of H. armigera laid more number of eggs at flowering followed by boll formation stage, while H. armigera also followed the similar trend in its egg laying pattern. When compared across the stages of sunflower, the mean number of eggs laid by C. carnea in absence and presence of H. armigera was significantly highest on KBSH-1 and Morden and it laid least number of eggs on VRF-21 and DSF-2, whereas H. armigera laid significantly lower number of eggs on VRF-21. Among the stages, C. carnea in absence and presence of H. armigera laid more eggs at flowering stage followed by capitulum formation stage. H. armigera also followed the similar trend in its egg laying pattern.
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