1Department of Entomology, MARS, UASRaichur584104, Karnataka, India
2AICRP on Cotton, MARS, UASRaichur584104, Karnataka, India
3Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Kalaburagi585101, Karnataka, India
4Department of Biochemistry, College of Agriculture, MARS, UASRaichur584104, Karnataka, India
*Email: bskalmath@gmail.com (corresponding author):
Brinjal shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee is an important key best of brinjal. In this study the shelf life of standard semisynthetic diet was evaluated for two successive generations of L. orbonalis. The results showed that there was no significance difference with the developmental and reproductive parameters reared on semisynthetic diets stored at different durations (0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 days; in refrigerator at 4°C). The results demonstrated that the semisynthetic diet can be stored at 4°C for up to 40 days without adversely affecting the lifecycle.
Leucinodes orbonalis, mass rearing, shelf life studies, semisynthetic diet, storability of diet, fecundity, developmental biology, sterile insect technique, diet quality, reproductive parameters
