Insect growth regulator properties in boiled edible plant products against rice Army worm Mythimna seperata (Walker) (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae)

摘要

Insect Growth Regulator properties have been reported in the artificial diet developed for laboratory mass rearing of Mythimna seperata using boiled form of sixteen different cereals and pulses. Semi synthetic diet is a prerequisite for maintaining mass culture of insects.