Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Kale Aishwarya, PS Neharkar and SD Bantewad

Abstract:
Laboratory experiment was carried out to study the “Comparative performance of different diet ingredients on growth and development of rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) under laboratory condition” at Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, VNMKV, Parbhani during 2020 – 2021. For investigating, the growth and development of rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica recorded various biological parameters on eight different diets including two solo grains viz. sorghum and bajra in combination of six diet with oilseed i.e. groundnut and soybean. In aspect to maximize the production of Corcyra cephalonica treatment T₅ i.e. Sorghum 2.5 kg + Groundnut 150 g and T₆ i.e. Bajra 2.5 kg + Groundnut 150 was found to outperform over all treatments. The maximum egg hatching percentage, pupal percentage, adult emergence percentage and fecundity of Corcyra cephalonica was observed in T₅ (Sorghum 2.5 kg + Groundnut 150 g) were 96 %, 90 %, 94 % and 313.67 eggs/female respectively. The minimum incubation period, larval period, pupal period and total development period of Corcyra cephalonica was observed in T₅ (Sorghum 2.5 kg + Groundnut 150 g) were 2.84 days, 29 days, 6.67 days and 49 days respectively.