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Effect of Essential Oils on Feeding, Survival, Growth and Development of Third Instar Larvae of Helicoverpa armigera Hubner

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The insect growth regulatory, antifeedant, adult inhibitory and egg laying capacity of essential oils from V. rosea and C. lanceolatus alone and their combinations at different ratios were evaluated against the third instar larvae of H. armigera by leaf residue method. It has been recorded that highest growth regulatory (GI50) at 3 and 7 DAT, antifeedant (AI50) at 24 h and adult inhibitory activities (I50) were observed at 1:1 mixture and their corresponding values were 4808, 3562, 4088 and 3046 ppm respectively. Similarly, the lowest egg production was also observed from 1:1 combination followed by 1:3 and 3:1. Among the two plants tested, V. rosea showed higher growth inhibitory, antifeedant and adult inhibitory activities and lowest fecundity than C. lanceolatus.

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    Present address: Division of Crop Protection, Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

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  1. Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India

    Jaydeep Halder, Chitra Srivastava & Swaran Dhingra

  2. Division of Agricultural Chemicals, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, 110012, India

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Halder, J., Srivastava, C., Dhingra, S. et al. Effect of Essential Oils on Feeding, Survival, Growth and Development of Third Instar Larvae of Helicoverpa armigera Hubner. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 35, 271–276 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-012-0043-9

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