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Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 44 issue 3 (september 2010) : 195 - 200

VIRULENCE OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE (METSCH.) SOROKIN ON SEVEN INSECT PESTS

K. Sahayaraj*, J. Francis Borgio
1Crop Protection Research Centre, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai - 627 002, India.

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Cite article:- Sahayaraj* K., Borgio Francis J. (2024). VIRULENCE OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE (METSCH.) SOROKIN ON SEVEN INSECT PESTS. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 44(3): 195 - 200. doi: .

ABSTRACT

In-vitro bioassay was conducted to evaluate the bioefficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.)
Sorokin (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) against seven common insect pests of Tamil Nadu,
India viz., Dysdercus cingulatus (Fab.) (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae), Oxycarenus hyalinipennis
(Costa) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), Aphis craccivora (Koch) (Homoptera: Aphididae), Mylabris
pustulata (Thunb.) (Coleoptera: Meloidae), Pericallia ricini Fab. (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae),
Spodoptera litura (Fab.) and Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by dermal
toxicity tests. LC50 value was ranged from 1.62 x 104 to 1.75 x 106 spores/ml. Results revealed
that among the young ones tested, the lowest and highest LC50 values were recorded for P. ricini
II instar (1.62x104) and H. armigera III instar (1.75 x106), respectively. Among the adults, A.
craccivora recorded lowest LC50 (1.84 x 104), followed by O. hyalinipennis, D. cingulatus and M.
pustulata. Thus the results show that M. anisopliae can be used for the control of H. armigera.

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