Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Latur - 413 512, (Marathwada Agricultural University), Parbhani, Maharashtra, India.
* Part of the approved M.Sc. (Agri.) dissertation submitted by senior author to Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani.
The survival of immature stages (lx) to the extent of 0.68, 0.75 and 0.54 per individual within a pivotal age of 27, 27 and 37 days, the net reproductive rate (R0) to the tune of 277.13, 296.09 and 148.41 females per female per generation, the mean length of generation time (T) to the extent of 45.25, 44.36 and 44.37 days, innate capacity for increase in numbers to the tune of 0.1243, 0.1283 and 0.1127 female per female per day and finite rate of increase in numbers () to the extent of 1.13, 1.14 and 1.12 females per female, were recorded in respect of Chrysoperla carnea when grown on sterilized and unsterlised eggs and neonate larvae of Corcyra cephalonica, respectively.
