Muhammad Arshad Ullah
Rangeland Research Program, National Agriculture Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad
Khalida Hamid Abbasi
Agency for Barani Area Development Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Saadia Bano
Agency for Barani Area Development Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Saeeda Khanum
Agency for Barani Area Development Rawalpindi, Pakistan
ABSTRACT
Studies were carried out at CABI Biosciences Pakistan Centre, Rawalpindi to evaluate the effects of host plants and insects with host density levels and preference by both these species, i.e., Encarsia lutea and Eretomocerus separately as well as together in competitive situation. Preference of density levels by both parasitoids species showed that density level 20 (cotton leaf disc with 20 Bemisia tabaci nymphs and pupae) was contributed more (42%) preference than other density levels (5, 10, 40, 60 and 80). Different density levels had highly significant effect on settlement time of both species separately while in competitive situation the settlement time of both species was not significantly different from each other on different treatments.
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Muhammad Arshad Ullah, Khalida Hamid Abbasi, Saadia Bano and Saeeda Khanum, 2007. Evaluation of Interspecific Interaction Between Encarsia lutea and Eretomocerus near mundus, the Parasitoids of Cotton Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) with Host Plants Density Levels and Preference. Journal of Applied Sciences, 7: 1958-1962.
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.1958.1962
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2007.1958.1962
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2007.1958.1962
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jas.2007.1958.1962
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