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All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Biological Control of Crop Pests ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2018-19 Compiled and edited by B. Ramanujam Richa Varshney M. Sampath Kumar Amala Udayakumar Jagadeesh Patil K. Selvaraj Sunil Joshi Chandish R. Ballal ICAR - National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources Bengaluru 560 024 All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Biological Control of Crop Pests ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT 2018-19 Compiled and edited by B. Ramanujam Richa Varshney M. Sampath Kumar Amala Udayakumar Jagadeesh Patil K. Selvaraj Sunil Joshi Chandish R. Ballal ICAR- National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources Bengaluru 560 024 Cover page: Frontline demonstrations, large scale demonstrations, lab to land programs, extension activities and farmers’ meetings at different AICRP – BC centers Photo credits: All AICRP – BC centers Copyright © Director, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, 2019 This publication is in copyright. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted in any form (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the Director, NBAIR, Bengaluru except for brief quotations, duly acknowledged, for academic purposes only. Cover design: Sunil Joshi Technical Programme for 2018-19 I. BASIC RESEARCH I. Biodiversity of biocontrol agents from various agro-ecological zones I.1 National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources I.1.1 Taxonomic and biodiversity studies on parasitic Ichneumonidae wasps I.1.2 Spider diversity and biocontrol potential of social spider I.1.3 Molecular characterization and DNA barcoding of agriculturally important parasitoids, predators and other insects I.1.4 Diversity of Trichogrammatids I.1.5 Predatory mirids, geocorids, anthocorids and mites I.1.6 Studies on Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda I.1.7 Studies on coconut rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus I.1.8 Endophytic establishment of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae in cabbage for management of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella (L.) I.1.9 Field evaluation of Spilosoma obliqua nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpobNPV) in jute I.1.10 Field evaluation of Spodoptera mauritiaNPV (SpmaNPV) against rice armyworm I.2 Biodiversity of biocontrol agents from various agro ecological zones (AAU-A, AAU-J, KAU-Thrissur, PAU, SKUAST, TNAU, YSPUHF, CAU-Pasighat, MPUAT, OUAT, UAS-R, CISH, CPCRI, IIMR, IIRR, IIVR, UBKV) II. Surveillance for pest outbreak and alien invasive pests II.1 Surveillance for invasive pests (All centres) III. Biological control of plant disease using antagonistic organisms III.1 List of Trichoderma/ Pseudomonas isolates used in various experiments III.2 Large scale demonstration of biocontrol technology in chickpea and lentil III.3 Molecular signatures of promising Trichoderma isolates validated under AICRP biological control at Pantnagar III.4 Isolation and evaluation of temperature tolerant Trichoderma isolates for crop health management during coldest/hottest climate III.5 In Vitro evaluation of temperature tolerant Trichoderma isolates BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CROP PESTS CEREALS 1 Biological Control of Rice Pests 1.1 Management of rice stem borer and leaf folder using entomopathogenic nematodes and entomopathogenic fungi (KAU & ANGRAU) 1.2 Evaluation of Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium lecanii against brown plant hopper Nilaparvata lugens Stål (KAU) 1.3 Management of plant hoppers through BIPM approach in organic basmati rice / rice (ANGRAU, PDKV, PAU) 1.4 Improved formulation of B. bassiana against rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (KAU-Vellayani) 1.5 Comparative efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi against sucking pests of rice, Leptocorisa acuta (KAU-Vellayani) 1.6 Seasonal abundance of spiders in rice ecosystem by general collection, pitfall trap and sweep net method (AAU-Anand, AAU-Jorhat, PAU) 1.7 Large scale bio-intensive pest management on rice (AAU-Anand, ANGRAU, i KAU, OUAT, IIRR, GBPUAT, AAU-J, PAU, NBAIR) 1.8 Testing of BIPM trial on paddy along with farmers practice and control (IGKV) 1.9 Evaluation of fungal and bacterial isolates for crop health management in rice (GBPUAT) 1.10 Effect of delivery methods (foliar sprays) of PBAT-3 for crop health management in Rice(GBPUAT) 1.11 Evaluation of Pseudomonas fluorescens (Pantnagar Strain PBAT 3) against sheath blight in rice (PAU) 2 Biological Control of Maize Pests 2.1 Evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi and Bt against maize stem borer (rabi 2017- 18 or as per season) (PAU, PJTSAU) 2.2 Biological control of maize stem borer, Chilo partellus using Trichogramma chilonis (ANGRAU, MPUAT, PAU) 2.3 Adhoc field trial against fall armyworm in Rabi maize (ANGRAU, MPKV, OUAT, TNAU, UAS-R) 3 Biological Control of Sorghum Pests 3.1 Adhoc field trial against fall armyworm in Rabi sorghum (IIMR & UAS-R) 4 Biological Control of Finger millet Pests 4.1 Evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi formulations against millet borers in finger millet (IIMR) 5. PULSES 5.1 Biological Control of Pigeon pea Pests Evaluation of NBAIR Bt formulation on pigeonpea against pod borer complex 5.2 (ANGRAU, MPKV, PAU, TNAU, UAS-Raichur, PDKV) Demonstration of Trichoderma spp for the management of Fusarium wilt in pigeon pea (AAU- Anand) 6. Biological Control of Mung bean Pests 6.1 Integration of botanical/microbials and insecticide spray schedule for the management of pod borer complex in mung bean (PAU) 7 Biological Control of Cowpea Pests 7.1. Evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi against pod bug Riptortus pedestris on cowpea Vigna unguiculata (KAU-Thrissur) 7.2 Field evaluation of ICAR-NBAIR entomopathogenic fungi strains against cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora) (KAU-Thrissur, IIVR) 7.3 Screening of promising fungal and bacterial isolates for management of anthracnose disease in cowpea (KAU-Kumarakom) 8 Biological Control of Chickpea Pests 8.1 Integration of botanicals/microbials and insecticide spray schedule for the management of Helicoverpa armigera on chickpea (PAU-Ludhiana) 8.2 Management of Helicoverpa armigera by HearNPV in chickpea ecosystem (NBAIR) in collaboration with UAS-R) 8.3 Biological suppression of pod borer Helicoverpa armigera infesting chickpea (MPUAT-Udaipur) ii 8.4 Evaluation of fungal and bacterial isolates for chickpea disease management (GBPUAT) 8.5 Evaluation of bioagent consortium in glasshouse (pot experiments) and in field for crop health management in chickpea (GBPUAT-Pantnagar) 9 Biological Control of soybean Pests 9.1 Demonstration on biological suppression of Spodoptera litura with Nomuraea rileyi in soybean (MPKV) COMMERCIAL CROPS 10 Biological Control of Cotton Pests 10.1 Management of Pink bollworm by using Trichogrammatoidea bactrae in Bt cotton (UAS-R, PDKV, PJTSAU) 10.2 Evaluation of entomofungal agents and botanicals for the management of sucking pests in cotton (MPKV, PJTSAU) 10.3 Biointensive pest management in Bt cotton ecosystem (AAU-A, UAS-R) 10.5 Monitoring of whitefly, its natural enemies and pink bollworm in cotton (PAU- Ludhiana) 10.6 Population dynamics of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gen) and its natural enemies in cotton: A study in farmers’ field in North Zone (NCIPM-New Delhi) 11. Biological Control of Sugarcane Pests 11.1 Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes and entomofungus for the management of white grub in sugarcane ecosystem (ANGRAU, MPKV, UAS-R) 11.2 Large scale demonstration of Trichogramma chilonis against sugarcane borers (ANGRAU, MPKV, OUAT, PJTSAU, PAU, UAS-Raichur, SunAgro) 12 Biological Control of Tobbaco Pests 12.1 Evaluation of bio-pesticides in suppressing tobacco stem borer, Scrobipalpa heliopa on tobacco (CTRI) 12.2 Impact of contaminated prey (Myzus nicotianae) on life parameters of insect predators (Coccinella sp.) (CTRI) OILSEEDS 13 Biological Control of Mustard Pests 13.1 Bioefficacy of entomopathogenic fungus against mustard aphid (AAU-J) 14 Biological Control of Groundnut Pests FRUIT CROPS 15 Biological Control of Banana Pests 15.1 Bioefficacy of entomopathogens against banana fruit and leaf scaring beetles, Nodostoma subcostatum (AAU-J) 16 Biological Control of Papaya Pests 16.1 Monitoring and record of incidence of papaya mealybug and its natural enemies on papaya and other alternate hosts (AAU- A, TNAU) 17 Biological Control of Mango Pests 17.1 Effect of biopesticides for management of mango hoppers, pests Idioscopus spp in iii field condition (DRYSRUH, CISH) 17.2 Bioefficacy of entomopathogenic fungi formulations in suppression of mango leaf webber (CISH-Lucknow) 17.3 Habitat manipulation for conservation of bio-agents for management of mango insect pests (CISH, Lucknow) 17.4 Field evaluation of anthocorid predator, Blaptostethus Pallescens for mango thrips (CISH) 17.5 Management studies for inflorescence thrips on mango with bio-pesticides in field conditions (DRYSRUH-Ambajipeta) 18 Biological Control of Guava Pests 18.1 Field evaluation of biomanagement inputs against root-knot nematode in guava (CISH) 19 Biological Control of Apple Pests 19.1 Integrated pest management of apple codling moth, Cydia pomonella (SKUAST) 19.2 Evaluation of predatory bug, Blaptostethus pallescens against European red mite Panonychus ulmi and two spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae on apple (SKUAST) 19.3 Evaluation of Trichogramma spp. against apple fruit moth, Argyresthia conjugella under laboratory conditions (YSPUHF) 19.4 Management of apple root borer using Metarhizium anisopliae (YSPUHF) PLANTATION CROPS 20 Biological Control of Coconut Pests 20.1