Sruthi K.K., S. Ramesh Babu, K.K. Yadav, M.L. Ojha, Hemant Swami and Beerendra Singh
Abstract
The destructive lepidopteran pest, fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) showed resistance to various groups of insecticides. This necessity is taking priority by identifying FAWâs preferred hosts and this study primarily focused on assessing the impact of different host plants and an artificial diet composed of chickpea powder, wheat germ and corn flour on various nutritional indices and biotic potential parameters of the FAW under laboratory conditions at the Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur. Under the study, it was reported that FAW larvae completed the lifecycle in 35.92 ± 0.33 days within the host maize.