Pesticide Research Journal
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  • Year: 1998
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2

Tree direction, Aza-A content and Bioefficacy of different stages of Neem fruits against Spodoptera litura

  • Author:
  • J.S. Shankar, Balraj S. Parmar
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 191 to 195

Division of Agricultural Chemicals, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India.

Online published on 31 October, 2011.

Abstract

Azadirachtin-A content and bioefficacy of neem fruit extracts obtained from the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern sides of three marked trees at different stages of fruiting revealed no significant effect of the sampling direction on aza-A content as well as the growth and feeding inihibitory activity against Spodoptera litura. Betweee the sampling intervals, differences were significant.

Keywords

Azadirachtin-A, tree direction, neem, growth inhibition, feeding inhibition, Spodoptera litura.