Journal of Entomology1812-56701812-5689Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/je.2012.130.136Rhynocoris fuscipes (Fab.) on Three Agricultural Pests (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)]]>SujathaS. VidyaL.S. SumiG.S. 2201292Diversity, ubiquity of anti-predator adaptations has an important direct effect of info-chemical based phenomenon of prey and predator as well as prey density. This work explained three agricultural pests having info-chemical cues also influence the predatory efficiency of the reduviid predator of Rhynocoris fuscipes (Fab.). In this context, the aim of this study was to identify the prey-predator interaction with specific chemical cues on biological control agent of Rhynocoris fuscipes treated with three agriculturally important pests. The polyphagous reduviid predator Rhynocoris fuscipes (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) is a potential biocontrol agent for the red cotton bug Dysdercus cingulatus (Fabricius), tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Fab.) Lepidoptera: Noctuiidae) and castor pest Achaea janata (Linn.). The influence of info-chemicals from these three species of groundnut pests on the prey-searching and probing behaviour of the reduviid predator was studied. The water fraction of the mixture of chloroform and methanol extract of A. janata elicited maximum response in R. fuscipes when compared with S. litura and D. cingulatus. Adults and fifth instars were consumed more time with A. janata extracts as compared to other instars. Minimum and maximum response was observed in case of S. litura and D. cingulatus extract. Among the five life stages fifth and adult stages of the R. fuscipes predators preferred fifth instar of A. janata, S. litura where as fourth and fifth nymphal instars were quickly preferred third to fifth instars of D. cingulatus. These findings could be used in the application of R. fuscipes as a biocontrol agent in the management of cotton, castor and groundnut pests.]]>Ambrose, D.P. and M.A. Claver,1995Rhynocoris fuscipes (Fabricius) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) to Riptortus clavatus Thunberg (Heteroptera: Alydidae).]]>97477Ambrose, D.P. and M.A. Claver,1997Rhynocoris fuscipes F. (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) to cotton leaf worm Spodoptera litura F. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).]]>121331336Annadurai, R.S., S. Murugesan, R. Senrayan, G. Guru Subramanian and T.N. Ananthakrishnan,1990Heliothis armigera Hubner and its Natural Enemy Systems: A Chemical Ecology Approach (Noctuidae: Lepidopetra).]]>1990pp: 83-101pp: 83-101Ambrose, D.P.,1999Pages: 337Pages: 337Ambrose, D.P. and M.A. Claver,1999Spodoptera litura, flower beetle Mylabris pustulata and red cotton bug Dysdercus cingulatus by Rhynocoris marginatus (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in cotton field cages.]]>123225229Ananathakrishnan, T.N.,20022002pp: 53-58pp: 53-58Cokl, A.A. and J.G. Millar,20092009279316Bakthavatsalem, N., S.P. Singh, P.L. Tandon, M. Chaudhary and S. Preethi,2000Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) to cotton infested by Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuiidae).]]>175054Barbosa, P. and J.A. Saunders,19851985pp: 107-137pp: 107-137Cohen, A.C.,2000175054Devanand, P. and P.U. Rani,2008Ricinus communis.]]>1170176Duffey, S.S.,198025447477George, P.J.E., M.A.Claver and D.P. Ambrose,2000R. fuscipes (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) reared on Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton).]]>85763George, P.J.E., M.A. Claver and D.P. Ambrose,2004Rhynocoris fuscipes (Insecta: Heteroptera: Reduviidae).]]>184955Jhansilakshmi, V., K. Krishniah, T. Linaiah and I.C. Pasalu,2000Cyrtorhinus lividipennis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae).]]>14713Prasanna, K.S. and D. Shirely,2002Rhynocoris fuscipes (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae).]]>2633Maran, S.P.M.,19991999Nordlund, D.A., R.L. Jones and W.J. Lewis,1981Prasad, Y.G., M. Prabhakar, A. Phanidhara and P.S. Vimala Devi,2007Achea janata granulovirus as a biopesticide.]]>2007pp: 33Sahayaraj, K.,200212629Sahayaraj, K. and J.C.R. Delma,2004Rhynocoris marginatus (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Reduvidae) searching insect prey.]]>67581Sahayaraj, K. and M.G. Paulraj,2001Rhynocoris marginatus (Fab.) to chemical cues from three-lepidopteron pest (Heteroptera: Reduviidae).]]>15114Singh, S., A.V.N. Paul, D. Prem and A.K. Singh,2002Trichogramma brasiliensis (Ahmead) and T. exiguum Pinto, Platner and Oatman.]]>6496106Deligeorgidis, N.P., C. Karypidis, P.N. Deligeorgidis, C.G. Ipsilandis, M. Vaiopoulou and G. Sidiropoulos,201187380Demirel, N.,20074267274Sahayaraj, K., P. Selvarj and R. Balasubramanian,2007Helicoverpa armigera hubner and Spodoptera litura fabricius to fern phytoecdysteron.]]>4289298Sahayaraj, K., S.K. Sankaralinkam and R. Balasubramanian,2007Rhynocoris marginatus (Fab.) and Catamiarus brevipennis (Serville) (Heteropetera: Reduviidae).]]>4331336Usha Rani, P. and S. Wakamura,1993Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolf) (Heteroptera: Pentotomidae) towards larvae of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuiidae).]]>14141147Nassar, M.I. and A.M. Abdulah,2005Boxus chinensis oil and precoceneii for the control of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliv.) (Coleoptera-Curculionidae) and the palm beetle Pseudophilus testaceous (Gahan) (Coleoptera-Cerambycidae).]]>218Unlu, L. and I. Ozturk,2007Pectinophora gossypiella Saund.) catches on pheromone traps and infestation ratio of cotton bolls.]]>4397400Yasuda, T.,1997Spodoptera litura larvae elicit prey-locating behaviour by the predatory stink bug, Eocanthecona furcellata.]]>82349354