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Report 2019-2020 All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Biological Control of Crop Pests AICRP on Biological Control Compiled and edited by G. Sivakumar Richa Varshney M. Sampath Kumar Amala Udayakumar K. Selvaraj A. Kandan T. Venkatesan Jagadeesh Patil G. Mahendiran Omprakash Navik Veeresh Kumar M. Mohan Chandish R. Ballal ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources P.B. No. 2491 , H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru-560024 All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Biological Control of Crop Pests Annual Progress Report 2019-2020 Compiled and edited by G. Sivakumar Richa Varshney M. Sampath Kumar Amala Udayakumar K. Selvaraj A. Kandan T. Venkatesan Jagadeesh Patil G. Mahendiran Omprakash Navik Veeresh Kumar M. Mohan Chandish R. Ballal ICAR- National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources Bengaluru 560 024 1 2 5 3 6 4 Cover page 1. Trichogramma chilonis 2. Final instar larva of fall armyworm 3. NPV infected fall armyworm larva 4. Chelonus sp. larva 5. Parasitized fall armyworm eggs 6. Adult moths of fall armyworm Photo credits: Photographs 1,2, 5 and 6- Dr Omprakash Navik; 3- Dr G. Sivakumar; 4 – Dr A.N. Shylesha Copyright © Director, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, 2020 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: G. Mahendiran CONTENTS Title Page Nos. I. BASIC RESEARCH I. Biodiversity of biocontrol agents from various agro-ecological zones 1.1 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources 1.1.1 Endophytic establishment of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium 1-2 anisopliae in cabbage for management of diamond back moth (Plutella xylostella (L.) 1.1.2 Field trials of Entomopathogenic fungi against fall armyworm 2-3 1.1.3 Evaluation of Trichogramma pretiosum (Th) and Telenomus remus 3 against FAW eggs 1.1.4 Survey and collection of diseased larvae of fall armyworm, S. 3-4 frugiperda 1.1.5 Field evaluation of bio-efficacy of SpfrNPV against fall armyworm 4-5 1.1.6 Natural enemies of Fall armyworm 5 1.1.7 Mass rearing of Chelonus sp, an egg – larval parasitoid of fall 5 armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda 1.1.8 Pentatomid predators – a potential biocontrol agent of S. frugiperda 6 1.1.9 Natural parasitism of Trichogramma chilonis on Spodoptera frugiperda 6 infesting maize and sorghum 1.1.10 Egg parasitoids of Spodoptera frugiperda 7 1.1.11 Evaluation of indigenous and exotic Trichogrammatids against 7 Spodoptera frugiperda 1.1.12 Evaluation of entomopathogenic bacteria against S. frugiperda 7 1.1.13 Field evaluation of liquid formulation of ICARNBAIRBT25 against fall 7-8 armyworm 1.1.14 Evaluation of indigenous EPN species against Spodoptera frugiperda 8 1.1.15 Evaluation of entomopathogens biopesticides for the management of 8 sucking pest Thrips palmi in watermelon var. Arkamanik and suppression of watermelon bud necrosis tospovirus under field conditions 1.1.16 Evaluation of entomopathogens biopesticides for the management of 9 sucking pest Thrips hawaiiensis in export quality of Gerbera jamesonii var. Faith under polyhouse conditions 1.1.17 Field efficacy of EPN formulations for the management of FAW in 9-11 maize 1.1.18 Biodiversity of biocontrol agents from various agro ecological zones 11-30 (AAU-A, AAU-J, KAU-Thrissur, PAU,PJTSAU,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) 30-65 III. Biological control of plant disease using antagonistic organisms III.1 Evaluation of microbial antagonists for the management of foot rot of 65-66 kinnow caused by Phytophthora spp. III.2 In vivo evaluation of effective bio control agents against Phytophthora 67-69 Pod rot management in cocoa III.3 Demonstration of Trichoderma sp. for the management of Fusarium 69-70 wilt in pigeon pea III.4 Evaluation of bio-agent consortium in glasshouse (pot experiments) and 70-73 in field for crop health management in chickpea III.5 Large scale field demonstration of bio-control technologies 74-75 III.6 Screening of promising fungal and bacterial isolates for management of 75-76 anthracnose disease in cowpea BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CROP PESTS CEREALS 1 Biological Control of Rice Pests 1.1 Management of rice stem borer and leaf folder using 76-79 entomopathogenic nematodes and entomopathogenic fungi(KAU& ANGRAU) 1.2 Management of plant hoppers through BIPM approach in organic 80-82 basmati rice (PAU) / rice 1.3 Large scale bio-intensive pest management on rice 82-88 1.4 Evaluation of bio-agent consortium in glasshouse (pot experiments) 88-93 and in field for crop health management in rice 1.5 Bio-intensive pest management on rice at the Institutional Research 93-84 Farm of IGKV, Raipur 1.6 Improved formulation of B. bassiana against rice leaf folder 94 Cnaphalocrocis medinalis 1.7 Comparative efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi against sucking pests 95 of rice, Leptocorisa acuta (COA Vellayani) 1.8 Large scale bio-intensive pest management on rice (ICAR-IIRR, 95-96 Hyderabad) 2 MAIZE 2.1 Evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi and Bt against maize stem borer, 97 Chilo partellus (PAU) 2.2 Biological control of maize stem borer, Chilo partellus using 98-100 Trichogramma chilonis (ANGRAU PAU, MPUAT) 2.3 Bio-ecological engineering for the management of major insect pests 100-103 of maize and benefit of their natural enemies (SKUAST- Jammu) 2.4 Field trial against Fall armyworm in maize at AICRP-BC centres 103-119 (IIMR, Maize Hyderabad, ANGRAU, PJTSAU, AAU-Anand, OUAT, UAS Raichur, MPKV and TNAU ) 3 SORGHUM, FINGER, BARNYARD, FOXTAIL MILLET 3.1 Studies on abundance of natural enemies of borers in Millets (ICAR- 119 IIMR, Hyderabad) 3.2 Evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi formulations against millet 120 borers in Finger millet (IIMR, Hyderabad) 3.3 Field trial against Fall Armyworm in sorghum at AICRP-BC centres 121-123 (IIMR Millets, Hyderabad, UAS-Raichur) PULSES 4 Biological control of Pigeonpea Pestspests 4.1 Evaluation of NBAIR Bt formulation on pigeon pea against pod borer 124-126 complex 4.2 Demonstration of Trichoderma spp. for the management of Fusarium 126-127 wilt in pigeonpea (AAU-Anand) 5 Biological control of Cowpea Pests 5.1 Evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi against pod bug, Riptortus 127-128 pedestris on cowpea Vigna unguiculata 5.2 Field evaluation of ICAR-NBAIR entomopathogenic strains against 129 cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora) 5.3 Screening of promising fungal and bacterial isolates for management 129 of anthracnose disease in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata sub sp. sesquipedalis) 6 Biological control of Chickpea Pests 6.1 Integration of botanicals, microbials and insecticide spray schedule for 130 the management of Helicoverpa armigera on chickpea 6.2 Biological suppression of pod borer, Helicoverpa armigera infesting 130-131 chickpea 6.3 Evaluation of bio-agent consortium in glasshouse (pot experiments) 131-132 and in field for crop health management in chickpea 6.4 Habitat manipulation / Bio-ecological engineering for the management 133 of Helicoverpa armigera in chickpea 6.5 BIPM module for management of Helicoverpa armigera on chickpea 133-134 COMMERCIAL CROPS 7 Biological control of Cotton Pests 7.1 Management of Pink bollworm by using Trichogrammatoidea bactrae 135-139 in Bt cotton (UAS-R, PDKV, PJTSAU, TNAU) 7.2 Evaluation of entomofungal agents and botanical for the management 139-141 of sucking pests in cotton (MPKV, PJTSAU) 7.3 Biointensive Pest Management in Bt cotton ecosystem during 2019-20 141-144 (AAU-A, UAS, Raichur) 7.4 Monitoring of whitefly and its natural enemies in cotton belt of Punjab 145 (PAU, Ludhiana) 7.5 Population dynamics of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gen) and its natural 145-148 enemies in cotton: A study in farmers’ field in North Zone (NCIPM, New Delhi) 8 Biological control of Sugarcane pests 8.1 Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes and entomofungus for the 149-155 management of whitegrubs in sugarcane ecosystem (ANGRAU, MPKV, UAS-Raichur) 8.2 Field efficacy of dose application of EPN against white grubs in 156-161 sugarcane (MPKV, Pune) 8.3 Efficacy of entomopathogenic nematode and entomofungus for the 162-163 management of white grub in sugarcane ecosystem during 2019-20. 8.4 Large scale demonstrations of Trichogramma chilonis against sugarcane 164-171 borers (ANGRAU, MPKV, OUAT, PJTSAU, PAU, UAS-Raichur), Sunagro, Chennai 8.5 Large scale demonstrations of proven biocontrol technologies against 171 sugarcane top borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis 8.6 Large Scale demonstration of Temperature Tolerant Trichogramma 172-173 chilonis against sugarcane early shoot borer during 2019-20 8.7 Large scale demonstrations of proven biocontrol technologies against 174 sugarcane stalk borer Chilo auricilius 8.8 Large scale demonstrations of proven biocontrol technologies against 174-175 sugarcane early shoot borer, Chilo infuscatellus OILSEEDS 9 Biological control of Mustard Pests 9.1 Bioefficacy of entomopathogenic fungus against mustard aphid (AAU- 175-177 Jorhat) 10 Biological control of Groundnut Pests 10.1 Large scale demonstration of bioagents based IPM module for 177-178 whitegrub in Ground nut (AAU-Anand) FRUIT CROPS 11 Biological control of Mango Pests 11.1 Effect of bio pesticides for management
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