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Natural Occurrence, Host Range and Distribution of Trichogrammatid Egg Parasitoids

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This chapter deals with natural occurrence, host range and distribution of trichogrammatid egg parasitoids in India. In India, 36 trichogrammatids are recorded of which Trichogramma chilonis Ishii, T. japonicum Ashmead, T. achaeae Nagaraja and Nagarkatti and Trichogrammatoidea bactrae Nagaraja are of significant importance. Trichogrammatids attack eggs of many lepidopterous pests such as Chilo spp., Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker), Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker), Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), Agrotis spp., Earias spp., Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), Trichoplusia ni (Hübner), Acanthodelta (=Achaea) janata (Linnaeus), Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus), Bactra venosana (Zeller), Spodoptera litura Fabricius, Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller), Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius) and Polyocha (=Emmalocera) depresella (Swinhoe). The available information has been consolidated for utilisation by all concerned with trichogrammatids in particular and biological control in general.

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Jalali, S.K. (2013). Natural Occurrence, Host Range and Distribution of Trichogrammatid Egg Parasitoids. In: Sithanantham, S., Ballal, C., Jalali, S., Bakthavatsalam, N. (eds) Biological Control of Insect Pests Using Egg Parasitoids. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1181-5_4

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