Effect of Host Plants on Insecticide Susceptibility and Detoxification Enzymes Activity in Spodoptera litura Fabricius (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera)

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Section B: Biological sciences Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 715 - 721
• Main Authors: Karuppaiah, V., Srivastava, Chitra, Subramanian, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Life Sciences; Nucleic Acid Chemistry; Plant Biochemistry; Research Article; Insecticide; Toxicity; Larval diet; Detoxification enzyme

Susceptibility to two insecticides (profenophos and cypermethrin) as influenced by host plants viz., cauliflower, soybean and castor in comparison to artificial diet and changes in detoxification enzymes in tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura were studied under laboratory. In comparison to larvae...