Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author's E-mail: richthakur61@gmail.com
Online published on 13 May, 2016.
Under present investigation, attempts were made to study the parasitization capacity of Trichogramma chilonis and Trichogramma pretiosum on the eggs of Corcyra cephalonica. the parasitization capacity of T. chilonis ranged from 58.94 to 68.94 per cent with an average of 64.28 per cent and that of the T. pretiosum ranged from 41.56 to 46.48 with the average of 43.52 per cent suggesting the superiority of the T. chilonis over T. pretiosum.
Trichogramma chilonis, Trichogramma pretiosum, Corcyra cephalonica, egg parasitoid, parasitization, biological control
