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- Title
TOXICITY OF NERIUM ODORUM (A.) AND PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS (L.) BOTANICALS AGAINST SPODOPTERA LITURA (L.).
- Authors
Ali, Sajjad; Ullah, M. Irfan; Khalil, Sajjad; Farooqi, Muhammad Aslam; Arshad, Muhammad; Farooq, Farah; Riaz, Faisal; Ali, Jafar; Saqib, Muhammad; Shah, Zafar Ullah
- Abstract
Herbivory in insects has conferred remarkable fitness success and suitable host plants pose consequential effects on their biological traits. Spodoptera litura is a serious pest of numerous crops due to its higher fecundity, migrating efficiencies and polyphagous nature. Botanical like Nerium odorum aiton and Parthenium hysterophorus L. (leaf and flower) extracts were used to evaluate their effects on various biological activities of S. litura. 70- 75% larval mortality was recorded when both the plant extracts were applied at 15% concentration in addition to significant antifeeding effect. Insect antifeeding and mortality has direct relation with concentration of plant extracts tested up-to a certain limit and can be used as alternate tool for the control of insect pests.
- Subjects
OLEANDER; PARTHENIUM hysterophorus; SPODOPTERA littoralis; INSECT antifeedants; PARTHENIUM
- Publication
Pakistan Entomologist, 2018, Vol 40, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
1017-1827
- Publication type
Article