Effect of gallic acid on the larvae of Spodoptera litura and its parasitoid Bracon hebetor.

ABSTRACT: The antibiosis effect of gallic acid on Spodoptera litura F. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and its parasitoid evaluated by feeding six days old larvae on artificial diet incorporated with different concentrations (5 ppm, 25 ppm, 125 ppm, 625 ppm, 3125 ppm) of the phenolic compound revealed higher concentration (LC₅₀) of gallic acid had a negative impact on the survival and physiology of S. litura and its parasitoid Bracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera:Braconidae). The mortality of S. litura larvae was increased whereas adult emergence declined with increasing concentration of gallic acid. The developmental period was delayed significantly and all the nutritional indices were reduced significantly with increase in concentration. Higher concentration (LC₅₀) of gallic acid adver

SUBMITTER: Punia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7803745 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature