Bioefficacy of rhynocoris fuscipes fab hemiptera reduviidae and beauveria bassiana bals ascomycota hypocreales toxic protein and its silver nanoparticles against cotton pests

Abstract

The biology of Rhynocoris fuscipes Fab Hemiptera Reduviidae with respect to newlineCorcyra cephalonica Stain Lepidoptera Pyralidae Dysdercus cingulatus Fab newline Hemiptera Pyrrhocoridae and Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsely Hemiptera newlinePseudococcidae was recorded for three generations continuously The shorter nymphal newlinePeriod higher survival rate longer adult longevity and higher oviposition index were newlineobserved in C cephalonica reared predator The nymphal survival was decreased while newlinethe predator grew older Females lived longer than the male invariably during newlineexperimental period Hatchability was more or less equal in C cephalonica and D newlinecingulatus The least fecundity and oviposition index were observed in the predator reared newlinewith P solenopsis newline newline