BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2a

Pathogenecity of Steinernema carpocapsae against heliocoverpa armigera, spodoptera litura and Leucinode orbonalis

  • Author:
  • Saurav Gupta, M.I.S. Walliullah, Muneeshwar Sharma
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 533 to 536

Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar Campus-191 121, Srinagar

Online published on 6 May, 2013.

Abstract

The results of pathogenecity of Steinernema carpocapsae against 3rd, 4th & 5th instar larvae of Heliocoverpa armigera, Spodoptera litura and Leucinode orbonalis revealed that after 96 hours, 100 per cent mortality was recorded in all the instars at all the doses.

Keywords

Steinernema carpocapsae, entomopathogenic nematodes, Heliocoverpa armigera, Spodoptera litura, Leucinode orbonalis, pathogenicity