Field experiments were conducted during Rabi season of 2012-13 and 2013-14. The study revealed that the major natural enemies recorded were coccinellids, Coccinella septempunctata (Fab.), Cheilomenes sexmaculatus (Fab.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae); common green lacewing, Chrysoperla sp. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae); aphid parasitoid, Diaeretiella sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconnidae); diamond back moth and tobacco caterpillar on parasitoid of Cotesia sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). |
