Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar-263145 (Uttarakhand)
Online published on 1 May, 2014.
The effects of three synthetic pyrethroids viz., deltamethrin, cypermethrin and endosulfaneach at three different concentrations against S. oblique was studied. Deltamethrin was found to be the most toxic insecticide. Based on LC50 values, the order of toxicity was: deltamethrin > cypermethrin > endosulfan.
Spilosoma oblique, pyrethroids, LC50 toxicity
