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Annals of Plant Protection Sciences
Year : 2002, Volume : 10, Issue : 2
First page : ( 188) Last page : ( 191)
Print ISSN : 0971-3573.

Effect of Neem Products On the Development of Maize Stalk Borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)

Bhanukiran Y., Panwar V.P.S.

Division of Entomology, I.A.R.I., New Delhi 110012, India.

Abstract

Effect of neem products azadirachtin and neem azal on the development of Chilo partellus was studied. Neem products when added to artificial diet for rearing C. partellus in the laboratory, adversely affected larval and pupal weights, prolonged developmental period from larva to adult, lowered the % insects completing their development from larva to adult, affected logevity of moths, reduced egg laying capacity of females and resulted in high egg mortality, whereas, the effect of neem products on sex ratio was not pronounced.

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Key words

Chilo partellus, Development, Neem products.

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