Study of some biopesticides on Spodoptera litura

  Deeppali Lall,  Sudha Summarwar,  Jyoutsna pandy

India is basically an agriculture based country and more than 80% of Indian population depends on it. Agricultural productivity influences the Indian economy. Insect pests are known to cause significant damage to crops. Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) the common cutworm is an economically important noctuid moth which is a polyphagous pest causing considerable economic loss to many vegetables and field crops the major ones being tobacco, cotton, rice, maize, cabbage, lettuce, tea etc. It is able to destroy a vegetable crop and particularly prefers vegetables within cabbage family. Management of Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) population using synthetic insecticides has proved futile as it has developed resistance to several classes of insecticides. Moreover an increased awareness of potential dangers of synthetic pesticides as well as a permanent increase in pest resistance, resurgence, residual toxicity, and environment deterioration etc. during past three decades has led the scientists to examine the possibility of using less persistent, biodegradable, and economical and ecofriendly alternatives including plant-derived insecticides.

Keywords- Jar, Acetone, Plant Extracts, Spodoptera litura, Vails , Cootton

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1801143
Page Number(s) - 819-822
Pubished in - Volume 6 | Issue 1 | March 2018
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Deeppali Lall,  Sudha Summarwar,  Jyoutsna pandy,   "Study of some biopesticides on Spodoptera litura", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.6, Issue 1, pp.819-822, March 2018, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1801143.pdf