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Article

Microbes, Dodonaea viscosa and Chlorantraniliprole as Components of Helicoverpa armigera IPM Program: A Three Region Open-Field Study

by
Waqas Wakil
1,2,*,
Muhammad Tahir
1,
Muhammad Usman Ghazanfar
3,
Mirza Abdul Qayyum
4,
Muhammad Yasin
5,
Sumaira Maqsood
6,
Muhammad Asrar
7 and
David I. Shapiro-Ilan
8,*
1
Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
2
Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany
3
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Sargodha University, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan
4
Institute of Plant Protection, MNS University of Agriculture, Multan 60000, Pakistan
5
Department of Entomology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
6
Department of Environmental Sciences, Kohsar University, Murree 47150, Pakistan
7
Department of Zoology, Government College University, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan
8
USDA-ARS, SE Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, Byron, GA 31008, USA
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Agronomy 2022, 12(8), 1928; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12081928
Submission received: 30 March 2022 / Revised: 24 July 2022 / Accepted: 27 July 2022 / Published: 17 August 2022
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Abstract

Field trials were conducted on the efficacy of different control options against Helicoverpa armigera on tomato. We evaluated and compared pest control, safety to natural enemies, crop yield and economics of application for various treatments including: a mycoinsecticide based on Beauveria bassiana; a baculovirus, H. armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HaNPV); a plant extract from Dodonaea viscosa; and the insecticide chlorantraniliprole (Coragen®). Trial sites were located in the Bahawalpur, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi regions in Punjab, Pakistan. A combined application of HaNPV + chlorantraniliprole was better than all other treatments in reducing pest larval populations and fruit damage, and in increasing crop yield. The least effective control was with D. viscosa, but plots treated with this plant extract also had the greatest number of natural enemies. Treatment with HaNPV + chlorantraniliprole resulted in the fewest natural enemies at all observation times and in all field sites, but the highest yields, varying from 42.8–46.6 tons ha−1, and the highest cost:benefit ratios of 1:1.74–1:1.81. Our findings suggest that a combined application of a specific microbial agent and an insecticide effectively controls H. armigera, increases tomato yield, reduces costs and maximizes economic returns. This open-field study concludes that all of the microorganisms and other treatments have the potential to combat H. armigera populations and could be used in successful integrated pest management programs.
Keywords: Helicoverpa armigera; chlorantraniliprole; nucleopolyhedrovirus; Beauveria bassiana; Dodonaea viscosa; tomato; field trials Helicoverpa armigera; chlorantraniliprole; nucleopolyhedrovirus; Beauveria bassiana; Dodonaea viscosa; tomato; field trials

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Wakil, W.; Tahir, M.; Ghazanfar, M.U.; Qayyum, M.A.; Yasin, M.; Maqsood, S.; Asrar, M.; Shapiro-Ilan, D.I. Microbes, Dodonaea viscosa and Chlorantraniliprole as Components of Helicoverpa armigera IPM Program: A Three Region Open-Field Study. Agronomy 2022, 12, 1928. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12081928

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Wakil W, Tahir M, Ghazanfar MU, Qayyum MA, Yasin M, Maqsood S, Asrar M, Shapiro-Ilan DI. Microbes, Dodonaea viscosa and Chlorantraniliprole as Components of Helicoverpa armigera IPM Program: A Three Region Open-Field Study. Agronomy. 2022; 12(8):1928. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12081928

Chicago/Turabian Style

Wakil, Waqas, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Usman Ghazanfar, Mirza Abdul Qayyum, Muhammad Yasin, Sumaira Maqsood, Muhammad Asrar, and David I. Shapiro-Ilan. 2022. "Microbes, Dodonaea viscosa and Chlorantraniliprole as Components of Helicoverpa armigera IPM Program: A Three Region Open-Field Study" Agronomy 12, no. 8: 1928. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12081928

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Wakil, W., Tahir, M., Ghazanfar, M. U., Qayyum, M. A., Yasin, M., Maqsood, S., Asrar, M., & Shapiro-Ilan, D. I. (2022). Microbes, Dodonaea viscosa and Chlorantraniliprole as Components of Helicoverpa armigera IPM Program: A Three Region Open-Field Study. Agronomy, 12(8), 1928. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12081928

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