In collaboration with Iranian Phytopathological Society

Document Type : Pest Management

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

2 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Shiraz branch, Islamic Azad University

3 Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP)

4 Department of Microbial Biotechnology and Biosaftey , Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII)

Abstract

In this study, pathogenicity of three virus isolates, Spodoptera littoralis NPV, Helicoverpa armigera NPV, Spodoptera litura NPV was evaluated in three different concentrations of 6× 102, 6× 104, 6×106  OBml-1 on 5-day-old larvae of Egyptian cotton leafworm,
S. littoralis at 25 ˚C on artificial diet. The highest larval duration was observed in concentration of 6×104 OBml-1 H. armigera NPV with 19.7 days which had a significant difference with other treatments. S. littoralis NPV in concentrarion of 6×104 had the lowest percentage of pupal rate (10%) and lowest pupal weight in concentrarions of 6×102 and 6×104 OBml-1 (18.3 and 13.8 mg, respectively). The lowest adult emergence (6.7%) was observed in S. littoralis NPV isolate with 6×104 OBml-1 concentration. S. littoralis NPV was most effective virus for controlling various biological stages of this pest. The LC50 of S. littoralis NPV isolate on 5-day-old larvae of Egyptian cotton leafwormwas determined to be 7×102 OBmL-1

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