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Biology and Feeding Efficiency of Zigzag Beetle, Menochilus sexmaculatus (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Fed on Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (kalt.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Under Controlled Conditions

Biology and Feeding Efficiency of Zigzag Beetle, Menochilus sexmaculatus (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Fed on Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (kalt.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Under Controlled Conditions

Ashfaq Hussain1, Javed Khan2, Ammara Blouch3, Ahmad-Ur-Rahman Saljoqi1, Ashraf Khan4,5* and Zaheer Sikandar6

1Department of Plant Protection, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; 2Insect Pest Management Program, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan; 3Food Science Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Pakistan; 4Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan; 5Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest  Management of Mountainous Regions, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China;  6Sugarcane Research Institute, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

 
*Correspondence | Ashraf Khan, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan; Email: ashrafkhan@parc.gov.pk

Figure 1:

Pre-Oviposition, oviposition, post oviposition period, mean no. of eggs/female and mean no. of eggs/female/day of M. sexaculata feed on L. erysimi.

Figure 2:

Male/female longevity of M. sexaculata feed on L. erysimi

Figure 3:

Feeding efficiency of M. sexaculata (Larval stages) feed on L. erysimi.

Figure 4:

Feeding efficiency of M. sexaculata (Male/female) adults.

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research

December

Vol.36, Iss. 4, Pages 297-403

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