Compatibility of insecticides and botanicals on Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Fatima Tahseen1,*, Sharma Neeta1, Sharma Y.K.1, Srivastava Ritu1, Shukla P.K.2 1Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Crop Protection Division, ICAR-Central Institute for Sub-tropical Horticulture, Rehmankhera, P.O. Kakori, Lucknow-226 101, Uttar Pradesh, India *E-mail: tahseenf787@gmail.com
Online published on 30 November, 2019. Abstract The study carried out at Mycology and Plant Pathology laboratory, University of Lucknow during 2015–16 revealed that the growth media impregnated with recommended concentration of imidacloprid, allowing the highest radical growth (70.2 mm) and maximum spore count per ml of spore suspension (297.2) of B. bassiana, next only to the untreated control at 76.0 and 332.2, respectively after 30 days of inoculation, proved comparatively most compatible. Tobacco extract with 50.0 mm radical growth and 295.2 ml-1 spore appeared next best in the compatability test with B. bassiana. Top Keywords Helicoverpa armigera, Beauveria bassiana, insecticides, compatibility. Top |