ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), H A Farm Post, Hebbal, Bellary Road, Bengaluru560024, Karnataka, India
*Email: bonamramanujam58@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Online Published on 16 May, 2022.
Effect of indigenous isolates of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Lecanicillum lecanii were tested for two years during 2012 and 2013 on Bemisia tabaci infesting capsicum under protected cultivation. Among the ten isolates tested, NBAIR-Vl8 isolate of L. lecanii, NBAIR-Bb5a and NBAIR-Bb9 isolates of B. bassiana showed significant suppression of Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) with reduction of 73.15, 71.84 and 63.10% respectively. The yields were also superior in these treatments.
Bemisia tabaci, Entomopathogenic fungi, Capsicum, Protected cultivation, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Lecanicillum lecanii, Indigenous isolates, Nbair- V18, Nbair- Bb5a, Nbair- Bb9
