Comparing the Effect of Selected Cabbage Varieties on the Fitness of Diadegma insulare Cresson Parasitizing Plutella xylostella Linnaeus under Controlled Conditions
Riaz Hussain1*, Ata-ul-Mohsin1, M. Farooq Nasir1, Zahid Akram2, Muhammad Sajid Qureshi1 and Abdul Mannan Hamzah1
1Department of Entomology, Faculty of Food and Crop Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; 2Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Food and Crop Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
*Correspondence | Riaz Hussain, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Food and Crop Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; Email:
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Figure 1:
Comparative parasitism (%) level of D. insulare on second instars larvae of P. xylostella reared on two varieties under controlled laboratory conditions.
Figure 2:
Comparative parasitism % level of D. insulare on third instars larvae of P. xylostella reared on two varieties under controlled laboratory conditions.
Figure 3:
Comparative sex ratio of D. insulare on second instars larvae of P. xylostella reared on two cabbage varieties.
Figure 4:
Comparative sex ratio of D. insulare on third instars larvae of P. xylostella reared on two cabbage varieties.
Figure 5:
Analysis of Variance for selected larval instars.