Parasitism Potential and Low Temperature Response of <I>Trichogramma Kashmirica</I> Nagaraja, Ahmad and Gupta (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

M. Jamal Ahmad; S. Bilal Ahmed; Munazza Yaqoob

doi:10.18311/jbc/2011/3747

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Authors

M. Jamal Ahmad
Division of Entomology, Sher-e-kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (kashmir), Shnlimar Campus, Srinagar 191 121, Jammu and Kashmir ,IN
S. Bilal Ahmed
Division of Entomology, Sher-e-kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (kashmir), Shnlimar Campus, Srinagar 191 121, Jammu and Kashmir ,IN
Munazza Yaqoob
Division of Entomology, Sher-e-kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (kashmir), Shnlimar Campus, Srinagar 191 121, Jammu and Kashmir ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2011/3747

Keywords:

Trichogramma kashmirica, Parasitizing Potential, Emergence, Per Cent Females, Cold Storage.

Abstract

The parasitism potential and low temperature storage response of Trichogramma kashmirica Nagaraja, Ahmad and Gupta was studied at 27+1°C and 6% per cent RH. The females on average parasitized 81.0±20.0 eggs of Corcyra cephalonica during their life span of 7.01k1.99 days. The per cent emergence and females declined from 96.0 to 60.6 and 88.3 to 86.8, respectively, after storage for 45 days at 6°C. Adult emergence and longevity of females were negatively correlated, whereas developmental period was positively correlated with storage period.