Central Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair-744 101, Andman & Nicobar, (India).
Present address: 1Project Directorate of Biological control, Bangalore.
Honey fed females of Trichogramma japonicum Ashmead on an average survived for 51.6 hrs. and produced 32 offspring; unfed females survived for 2.4 hrs and produced 19 offspring. There was reduction in parasitisation, longevity and fecundity when parasitoid was not fed on honey in comparison to honey fed parasitoid. Honey fed individuals had 1.69 times more egg laying potential than unfed ones. The survival percentage of the females subjected to adequate food source was upto 30 per cent on the third day whereas only 10 per cent on the first day itself and 0 per cent on subsequent days without food source.
