Pesticide Research Journal
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue: 2

Joint Action between Fraction IX of Ethyl Acetate Extract of Custard Apple and Azadirachtin in Controlling Rice Moth, Corcyra cephalonica and Khapra Beetle, Trogoderma granarium in Storage

  • Author:
  • Kirti Sharma1,, N Sambasiva Rao1, SN Islam2, Mala Shukla3
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 106 to 111

1Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India

2Division of Computer Applications, Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, New Delhi-110 012, India

3Division of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur 208 024, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Corresponding author E-mail: kirtisharma2@yahoo.com

Online published on 27 June, 2014.

Abstract

Fraction IX of ethyl acetate extract of custard apple and Azadirachtin showed 2–3 folds enhanced activity in mixtures at 1:2 and 1:1 as compared to their activities alone, against the neonate larvae of rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica and khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium.

Keywords

Azadirachtin, custard apple fractions, joint action ratio, rice moth, khapra beetle