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Laboratory Approach: Alternate Dietary Sources for Coccinellid Ladybird Beetles

Laboratory Approach: Alternate Dietary Sources for Coccinellid Ladybird Beetles

Nazia Suleman* and Asia Riaz 

Plant Protection Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Jhang Road, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan

 
*Correspondence | Nazia Suleman, Plant Protection Division, Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB), Jhang Road, Faisalabad 3800, Pakistan; Email: [email protected]

Figure 1:

Adult longevity of C. septempunctata (open bars) and M. sexmaculatus (closed bars) on natural and alternate foods under laboratory conditions (N = 50) (Means followed by the same letter were significantly not different within species (P> 0.05).

Figure 2:

Fecundity of C. septempunctata (open bars) and M. sexmaculatus (closed bars) on natural and alternate foods under laboratory conditions (Means followed by the same letter were significantly not different within species (P> 0.05).

Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

December

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 6, pp. 2501-3000

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