Field Parasitization of Larvae of Different Broods of Top Shoot Borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
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Top shoot borer, parasitoid, sugarcane, Isotimajavensis, Rhaconotus scirpophagae, Stenobracon nicevillaeAbstract
The top shoot borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker) (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) is a major borer of sugarcane in almost all the important cane growing areas of India and it attacks the top portion of a shoot or cane. The different broods (first to fourth broods) of top shoot borer were parasitised by three parasitoids i.e., Isotima javensis, Rhaconotus scirpophagae, Stenobracon nicevillae. The parasitization of top shoot borer larvae (first to fourth broods) by three larval parasitoids varied from 13.3 to 74.2 per cent. The contribution of mortality of larvae/pre-pupae of the top shoot borer by I.javensis (alone) was found to parasitise (6.7- 50.2%) in first to fifth broods and is the dominant parasitoid among three parasitoids. Maximum activity of these parasitoids in field was during August to October which synchronizes with the maximum activity of top shoot borer.
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