SIDE EFFECTS OF INSECTICIDES ON THE LARVAL PARASITOID, CAMERON OF MAIZE STEM BORER, SWINHOE COTESIA FLAVIPES CHILO PARTELLU
Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur – 313001
GOPI CHAND, A. VYAS, N. K. BAJPAI, B. UPADHYAYAND M. KUMAWAT
The side effects of insecticides on the maize stem borer larval parasitoid, Cotesia flavipes Cameron was investigated at the Instructional Farm, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur, during kharif, 2012. Among the different insecticides tested for their efficacy on parasitization of C. partellus by the larval parasitoid revealed that the application of Spinosad 45 SC at 200 ml/ha and Flubendiamide 480 SC at 150 ml/ha resulted into mean parasitisation of 54.21 and 52.39 per cent and were relatively safe toCotesia flavipes Cameron; whereas, Profenophos 50 EC at 2000 ml/ha and Quinalphos 25 EC at 1000 ml/ha were relatively more toxic to C. flavipes as the parasitisation recorded was 36.26 and 39.12 per cent, respectively.