Jaiswal, A.K., Singh, J.P., & Patamajhi, P. 2014 Residual Toxicity of Certain Newer Pesticides on Eupelmus tachardiae: A Parasitoid of Lac Insect Kerria lacca (Kerr). National Academy Science Letters-India 37(1): 97–101

Keywords:

  • natural enemies
  • Notes: The work addresses the issue of large scale lac crop mortality caused by parasitoids associated with lac insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) in some of the lac growing tracts of India. Laboratory evaluation of four selective insecticides viz., fipronil, indoxacarb, spinosad and ethofenprox was carried out at different concentrations against adults of a primary parasitoid of lac insect, Eupelmus tachardiae