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Techniques for Determining the Repellent and Antifeedant Activity to Phytophagous Insects

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Repellents are potent compounds that prevent phytophagous insects from feeding on the plant. A procedure has been detailed out in this chapter to test the repellent against the test insect. The diamondback moth (DBM) has been picked up as an example here. Using the bioassay, the antifeedant properties of the test plant can also be studied.

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Acknowledgment

The authors would like to thank authorities of College of Agriculture, Hassan and University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, for their encouragement and support.

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  1. Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Hassan, Karnataka, India

    N. E. Thyagaraja

  2. Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    A. T. Rani

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  1. Division of Entomology and Nematology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

    Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Entomology, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India

    Venkatesan Selvanarayanan

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Thyagaraja, N.E., Rani, A.T. (2019). Techniques for Determining the Repellent and Antifeedant Activity to Phytophagous Insects. In: Kumar Chakravarthy, A., Selvanarayanan, V. (eds) Experimental Techniques in Host-Plant Resistance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2652-3_20

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