Effects of Host Plant on Spodoptera litura under Laboratory Condition | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Volume 15, Issue 4, December 2022, Pages 233-238 PDF (367.66 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2022.276431 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Arfa Safder1; Komal Fatima2; Aqsa Ehsan1; Nagina Amanat1; Muhammad Atif3 | ||
| 1Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Lahore | ||
| 2Department of Biotechnology, Virtual University of Pakistan | ||
| 3Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In Asia, the polyphagous pest, Spodoptera litura defoliates a variety of agricultural and horticulture crops. The current study was undertaken at ecology laboratory of MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan during 2018-2019 to study the effect of different host plants, alfalfa, sesbania and cabbage on biology of Spodoptera litura under laboratory condition. The host plants had an impact on all of the biological variables that were measured in the study. The average mean duration of first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth larval instars on sesbania was 3.32±0.16a, 3.45±0.10a, 3.67±0.12a, 4.37±0.11a, 6.55±0.19a, and 5.30±0.20a days, respectively. The development times of S. litura larval instars fed on various host plants differed significantly (F = 90.65; df = 3,125; p 0.05). Among the tested host plants, sesbania was the most suitable host plant for pest growth and development followed by cabbage, and alfalfa. Alfalfa was the least important host for pest. Sesbania was found to be the most advantageous host for Spodoptera litura, followed by cabbage and alfalfa, according to the study. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Armyworm; Development; Host plants; Pakistan; Spodoptera litura | ||
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