Effects of neem-based insecticides on beet armyworm （Lepidoptera： Noctuidae）  

作　　者：SHOILM.GREENBERG ALLANT.SHOWLER TONG-XIANLIU 

机构地区：[1]USDA-ARSAPMRU [2]Texas A&M University Agricultural Experiment Station,Weslaco,Texas,USA

出　　处：《Insect Science》2005年第1期17-23,共7页昆虫科学（英文版）

摘　　要：Three commercial neem [Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Meliaceae)]-basedinsecticides, Agroneem, Ecozin, and Neemix, and a non-commercial neem leaf powder, were evaluatedfor oviposition deterrence, antifeedant effect on larvae, and toxicity to eggs and larvae of thebeet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Huebner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), on cotton leaves in thelaboratory. Oviposition deterrence in no-choice, and two- and five-choice assays, was observed forthe neem-based insecticide treatments when compared with a non-treated control. Neem-basedinsecticides also deterred feeding by beet armyworm larvae. Direct contact with neem-basedinsecticides decreased the survival of beet army-worm eggs. Survival of beet armyworm larvae fed for7 days on leaves treated with neem-based insecticides was reduced to 27, 33, 60, and 61% for neemleaf powder, Ecozin, Agroneem, and Neemix, respectively. Possibilities for adoption of neem-basedinsecticides in commercial cotton for beet armyworm control are discussed.Three commercial neem [Azadirachta indica A. Juss (Meliaceae)]-based insecticides, Agroneem, Ecozin, and Neemix, and a non-commercial neem leaf powder,were evaluated for oviposition deterrence, antifeedant effect on larvae, and toxicity to eggs and larvae of the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae),on cotton leaves in the laboratory. Oviposition deterrence in no-choice, and two- and fivechoice assays, was observed for the neem-based insecticide treatments when compared with a non-treated control. Neem-based insecticides also deterred feeding by beet armyworm larvae. Direct contact with neem-based insecticides decreased the survival of beet armyworm eggs. Survival of beet armyworm larvae fed for 7 days on leaves treated with neembased insecticides was reduced to 27, 33, 60, and 61% for neem leaf powder, Ecozin,Agroneem, and Neemix, respectively. Possibilities for adoption of neem-based insecticides in commercial cotton for beet armyworm control are discussed.

关 键 词：AZADIRACHTIN beet armyworm cotton feeding OVIPOSITION DETERRENCE spodoptera exigua 

分 类 号：S435.622[农业科学—农业昆虫与害虫防治] S482.39[农业科学—植物保护]