International PARTHENIUM Research

Evaluation of Field Efficacy of Zygogramma bicolorata on Parthenium hysterophorus in different soil textures.
A Trial Conducted by Dr. A. K. Mishra

Basic	Site 1	Site 2	Site 3	Site 4	Site 5	Site 6	Site 7	Site 8 Lab
								CIPNC Control
Name of Place	Kawaghhar	Balagaon	Dhadhadava	Chanani	Shaga	Kaladih	Nimova	CIPNC
								Count Tab.2X3'
Dist.	Raipur	Raipur	Bilaspur	Durg	Raipur	Raipur	Raipur	Raipur
	(Maha)	(Dhamtari)			Gram Bham			Sandy soil
Soil type	Sandy loam	Matasi	Matasi	Black Cotton	Black cotton	Kharun	Muram	Sandy Soil
	(Forest)	Ricefield bund	Near Rly Track	Bharri		Bank
						Sandy
						Grass land
Plant Population /sq.mtr	6.5	9.5	17.5	14.5	12	10.5	4.5	11
Plant Stage	Vegetative	Vegetative	Vegetative	Vegetative	Vegetative	Vegetative	Vegetative	Vegetative
No. of Adult release	Twopair	--//--	--//--	--//--	--//--	--//--	--//--	--//--
	2Male+2Female
Date of release	7/8/1993	10/8/1993	12/8/1993	14/8/93	17/8/93	16/8/93	20/8/93	5/8/1993
Total No. of egg recorded	122	98	104	92	89	104	46	114
Total No. of grub recorded	86	52	70	68	72	82	38	103
Total No. of infected grub recorded	60	23	19	48	38	8	2	18
Total No. of new adult recorded	13	12	14	6	4	26	2	46

Data recorded upto 20-10-93 in weekly intervel.

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