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Biology of Diamond Back Moth Plutella xylostella L. on Cabbage


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1 Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Sopore 193201, Jammu and Kashmir, India
 

This study on the biology of diamond back moth revealed that the incubation period varied from 2 to 5 days (3.6 ± 1.34 days), while first, second, third and fourth instar larvae lived for 3 ± 1, 1.6 ± 0.54, 2.6 ± 0.54 and 4 ± 0.70 days, respectively with a total larval period of 11.4 ± 1.81 days. The prepupal and pupal stage lasted for 2 ± 0.70 and 4.4 ± 0.89 days, respectively. The adults lived for 5 ± 1.58 days and the life span of male and female varied from 22.6 ± 1.81 and 26.8 ± 1.92 days, respectively.

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Plutella xylostella, cabbage, Kashmir, biology, morphometrics, egg, larva, instar, pupa, adult periods, lifespan
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Authors

Kawsar Rasool
Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Sopore 193201, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Sheikh Bilal Ahmad
Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Sopore 193201, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Munaza Yaqoob
Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Sopore 193201, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Abstract


This study on the biology of diamond back moth revealed that the incubation period varied from 2 to 5 days (3.6 ± 1.34 days), while first, second, third and fourth instar larvae lived for 3 ± 1, 1.6 ± 0.54, 2.6 ± 0.54 and 4 ± 0.70 days, respectively with a total larval period of 11.4 ± 1.81 days. The prepupal and pupal stage lasted for 2 ± 0.70 and 4.4 ± 0.89 days, respectively. The adults lived for 5 ± 1.58 days and the life span of male and female varied from 22.6 ± 1.81 and 26.8 ± 1.92 days, respectively.

Keywords


Plutella xylostella, cabbage, Kashmir, biology, morphometrics, egg, larva, instar, pupa, adult periods, lifespan

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.101