Bio efficacy of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and Oscheius chongmingensis against Helopeltis theivora and Andraca bipunctata

Native isolates of EPNs, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora and Oscheius chongmingensis were isolated from the tea plantation crop of Jorhat district of Assam and were tested against tea mosquito bug Helopeltis theivora andbunch caterpillar, Andraca bipunctata through mortality test under laboratory condition. For that 5, 10, 50, 100,150, 200 and 250 infective juveniles of each isolate were inoculated per insect. The insect mortality was observed after 24, 48, 72 and 96h exposure.