in vivo and in vitro studies of effect of different insecticides against Indian honey bees (Apis cerana Fab.)
YB Phadatare, SA More, IA Ghonmode, CS Choudhari and Debbarma SL
The present study was conducted to record the effect of insecticides on foraging activity of honeybee (Apis cerana Fab.) on mango under field conditions during flowering season of the year 2018-2019 at National Agricultural Research Project, Regional Fruit Research Station, Ganeshkhind (Plain Zone). and toxicity of different insecticides against Apis cerana Fab. under laboratory condition at biocontrol laboratory, college of agriculture, Pune.
Among three sprays of insecticides maximum foraging activity observed in treatment T6 N.S.E. followed by T5 Metarhizium anisopliae and minimum activity observed in the treatment T1 imidacloprid, T3 thiamethoxam, T4 lambda cyhalothrin and T2 dimethoate respectively. Toxicity of insecticides under laboratory condition was observed as follows: Treatment T1 Imidacloprid > treatment T3 Thiamethoxam > treatment T4 Lambda cyhalothrin > treatment T2 Dimethoate > treatment T6 N.S.E.+ treatment T5 Metarhizium anisopliae.
YB Phadatare, SA More, IA Ghonmode, CS Choudhari, Debbarma SL. in vivo and in vitro studies of effect of different insecticides against Indian honey bees (Apis cerana Fab.). J Entomol Zool Stud 2019;7(5):550-554.