A simple low cost artificial diet and some mass rearing techniques of gram pod-borer, Heliothis armigera (HUBN.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) | [Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research • 1985]

Author(s):

1. Khalique Ahmed: Pakistan Agricultural Research Centre (PARC), Islamabad, Pakistan

2. Muhammad Afzal: Pakistan Agricultural Research Centre (PARC), Islamabad, Pakistan

3. Bashir A. Malik: Pakistan Museum of Natural History (PMNH), Islamabad, Pakistan

4. Feeroza Khalique: Pakistan Agricultural Research Centre (PARC), Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract:

The study presents a detailed account of apparatii, procedures and artificial diet used in mass rearing of gram pod-borer, Heliothis armigera (Hubn.) Data on bioloby of H. armigera reared on artificial diet up to six successive generations reveal that the pupal recovery percentage ranged from 22.16±3.06 to 80.95 ± 13.92; the larval and pupal periods varied from 16.57±1.13 to 70.85±1.63 days and 10.1810.87 to 53.851: 5.44 days respectively. The maximum egg yield/female was recorded to be

Page(s): 257-260

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Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Year: 1985

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