Effect of Non-Synthetic Pesticides as Antifeedant on  Papilio demoleus

Manish Kumar; Padma S. Vankar; Neelam Yadav; Ranjana Yadav; Renu Yadav

Effect of Non-Synthetic Pesticides as Antifeedant on Papilio demoleus

Manish Kumar ¹, Padma S. Vankar ², Neelam Yadav ³, Ranjana Yadav ⁴, Renu Yadav ⁵

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry, C.C.S. P.G. College, Heorna, Etawah (U.P.), India
2 F.E.A.T. Lab-I.I.T., Kanpur (U.P.), India
3 Department of Zoology, C.C.S. P.G. College, Heorna, Ethawah (U.P.), India
4 N.D. College, Chhibramau (U.P.), India
5 Department of Zoology, C.C.S. P.G. College, Heorna, Etawah (U.P.), India

Three neem based pesticides viz., Neem Plus, Neemark and Nimba at all the concentrations tested (0.5-2.5%) exhibited feeding effect on lemon butterfly, Papilio demoleus Linn., Feeding deterrency of neem based pesticides increased with increase in the concentration. Among the neem based pesticides tested, azadirachtin rich Neemark exhibited maximum efficacy followed by Nimba and Neem Plus.