Slow and fast development in Parthenium beetle and its effect on reproductive attributes
2013
Pandey, P., University of Lucknow, India | Mishra, G, University of Lucknow, India | Omkar, University of Lucknow, India
The present study was disigned to investigate the existance of slow and fast developing individuals and to evaluate their effect on reproductive attributes of parthenium beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata pallister; a biocontrol agent of Parthenium weed. significantly different rates of development were found in a cohort of the beetle. Under constant rearing conditions, the emergence ratio of slow and fast developers was determined to be 0.47 and 0.53 , respectively.
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