Indian Journal of Plant Protection
  • Year: 1977
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 1

Toxicity of some pesticides to the mite Brevipal-pus phoenicis (Geijskes) in relation to certain food plants

  • Author:
  • Lakshman Lal, S. P. Mukharji
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 75 to 79

Department of Entomology and Agriculture Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005.

* Present address: Potato Experimental & Trial Centre, Jullundur City-144 003 Punjab.

Abstract

The relative toxicity of four insecticides, namely malathion, monoerotophos, dimethoate and Phosphamidon to B-Phoenicies, a mite feeding on two different host plants Orexylum indicum Vent and Clerodendron siphonanthus R. br. has been determined under laboratory conditions.