1Department of Life Sciences and Allied Health Sciences, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Jalandhar - 144 030, Punjab, India
Zoology Division Department of Biosciences, Career Point University, Hamirpur - 176 041, Himachal Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author's present address: Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla - 171 005, Himachal Pradesh, India, E-mail: drkumar83@rediffmail.com
Online published on 16 March, 2023.
The experiment was conducted in the BOD incubator with a standard temperature (27.6 ± 2.5°C) and relative humidity (70.2 ± 1.03%). The biotic performance was determined on the basis of different variables and also varied among pulses. The Highest average fecundity per female (71.33) of Callosobruchus maculatus was found in cowpea and lowest on red lentils (26.00). The highest were laid in the initial two days of oviposition and continues for up to 8 days. The total developmental duration ranged from 38 - 62 days. Among all pulses, cowpea seeds were highly preferred for oviposition but hatchability and adult emergence was found higher in black gram seeds. While kidney bean seeds do not show any infestation of C. maculatus.
Biotic performance, Callosobruchus maculatus, Infestation, Life history, Pulses
