Abstract
The approach of integrated pest management (IPM) is to minimize the use of insecticides, there by biological control and other environmental friendly approaches can gain momentum. However, the use of chemical insecticides continues to be widely adopted and remains mainstay of insect pest control. In such crop scenario where insecticides are frequently used, releases of susceptible strain of a natural enemy may not give any appreciable control. The efficacy of trichogrammatids is also largely dependent on temperature conditions. In India, most of the crops are grown during monsoon, June–November, when the temperature is high (up to 40 °C). Many of the insecticides are also used frequently during the season, thereby reducing efficacy of trichogrammatids drastically at such stresses. In the present chapter, development, characterization and field evaluation of multiple insecticide and temperature tolerant strain of an egg parasitoid Trichogramma chilonis Ishii on crops is discussed.
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Venkatesan, T., Jalali, S. (2015). Development, Characterization and Field Assessment of Multiple Insecticides and High Temperature Tolerant Strain of an Egg Parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis Ishii Against Crop Pests. In: Chakravarthy, A. (eds) New Horizons in Insect Science: Towards Sustainable Pest Management. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2089-3_29
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