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Assessment of Contact Toxicity of Insecticides to Chelonus blackburni Cam. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)


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1 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture, Karaikal 609 605, India
2 Agri. College & Res. Institute, Madurai 625 104, India
 

Chelonus blackburni Cam. is an important parasite of cotton bollwonns. To assess the relative safety of insecticides like methomyl (Lannate 24L.),endosulfan and EPN to this parasite, a laboratory study was conducted during 1984-85 at insectary, in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore and the results are presented in this communication.

Keywords

Chelonus blackburni, Insecticide Safety.
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S. Manisegaran
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture, Karaikal 609 605, India
T. Kumarasamy
Agri. College & Res. Institute, Madurai 625 104, India

Abstract


Chelonus blackburni Cam. is an important parasite of cotton bollwonns. To assess the relative safety of insecticides like methomyl (Lannate 24L.),endosulfan and EPN to this parasite, a laboratory study was conducted during 1984-85 at insectary, in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore and the results are presented in this communication.

Keywords


Chelonus blackburni, Insecticide Safety.