Table 11.7 List of promising biocontrol agents used against crop pests
Crop
Pest
Promising
bioagent
Stage of
pest
Kind of
biocontrol
agent
Sugarcane
Leafhopper, Pyrilla perpusilla
Walker
Epiricania
melanoleuca
Nymph
and
adult
Parasitoid
Ooencyrtus
pyrillae Mani
Eggs
Parasitoid
Internode borer, Chilo
sacchariphagus indicus
Cotesia flavipes
Larva
Parasitoid
Rhaconotus
scirpophagae
Wilk
Larva
Fungal
pathogen
parasitoid
Trichogramma
chilonis Ishii
Larva
Parasitoid
Gurdaspur borer, Acigona
steniellus
Cotesia flavipes
Larva
Parasitoid
Xanthopimpla
stemmator
Thunberg
Pupa
Parasitoid
Maize borer, Chilo partellus
Allorhogas
pyralophagus
Marsh
Larva
Parasitoid
Root borer, Emmalocera
Depressella swinhoe
Goniozus indicus
Ashmead
Larva
Parasitoid
Elasmus Zentri
ferriere
Larva
Parasitoid
Shoot borer, Chilo infuscatellus
Snellen
Telenomus
beneficiens Zhnt.
Egg
Parasitoid
Tetrastichus
schoenobii Ferr.
Egg
Parasitoid
Stalk borer, Chilo auricillus,
Dudgeon
Beauveria
bassiana
Larva
Fungal
pathogen
Goniozus indicus
ashmead
Larva
Parasitoid
Sturmiopsis
inferens Tns.
Larva
Parasitoid
Trichogramma
chilonis
Egg
Parasitoid
Top borer
Scirpophaga excerptalis Walker
Cotesia flavipes
Larva
Parasitoid
Fusarium
subglutinans
Larva
Fungal
pathogen
Goniozus indicus
Ashmead
Larva
Parasitoid
Isotima javensis
Larva
Parasitoid
Sturmiopsis
inferens Tns.
Larva
Parasitoid
White grub, Holotrichia
consanguinea
Bacillus papillae
Dutky
Grub
Bacterial
pathogen
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