Gacemi, Abdelhammid, Taibi, Ahmed, Abed, Nour El Houda, M'hammedi Bouzina, Mahfoud, Bellague, Djamel, Tarmoul, Kheirddine (2019). Effect of four host plants on nutritional performance of cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). , 8(3), 361-371. doi: 10.48311/jcp.2019.1441
Abdelhammid Gacemi; Ahmed Taibi; Nour El Houda Abed; Mahfoud M'hammedi Bouzina; Djamel Bellague; Kheirddine Tarmoul. "Effect of four host plants on nutritional performance of cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". , 8, 3, 2019, 361-371. doi: 10.48311/jcp.2019.1441
Gacemi, Abdelhammid, Taibi, Ahmed, Abed, Nour El Houda, M'hammedi Bouzina, Mahfoud, Bellague, Djamel, Tarmoul, Kheirddine (2019). 'Effect of four host plants on nutritional performance of cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)', , 8(3), pp. 361-371. doi: 10.48311/jcp.2019.1441
Gacemi, Abdelhammid, Taibi, Ahmed, Abed, Nour El Houda, M'hammedi Bouzina, Mahfoud, Bellague, Djamel, Tarmoul, Kheirddine Effect of four host plants on nutritional performance of cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). , 2019; 8(3): 361-371. doi: 10.48311/jcp.2019.1441

Effect of four host plants on nutritional performance of cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Crop Protection
Article 10, Volume 8, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 361-371    PDF (445.11 K)
Document Type: Original Research
DOI: 10.48311/jcp.2019.1441
Authors
Abdelhammid Gacemi* 1; Ahmed Taibi2; Nour El Houda Abed3; Mahfoud M'hammedi Bouzina1; Djamel Bellague3; Kheirddine Tarmoul3
1Department of Agronomic Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Hassiba Benbouali, University of Chlef, Algeria.
2Department of Agronomy, Faculty SNV/STU, University Aboubakr Belkaid, Tlemcen, Algeria.
3National Institute of Agronomic Research of Algeria, Algiers, Algeria.
Abstract
Effects of four vegetable host plants, artichoke, cabbage, potato and tomato on nutritional indices of the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) (Lep.: Noctuidae), were studied under laboratory conditions (25 ± 1 °C, 65 ± 5% RH, with a 16: 8 L: D photoperiod). Fourth instar reared on tomato showed the highest approximate digestibility (AD) (90.406 ± 1.125%) and efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI) (30.249 ± 4.128%). The highest values of efficiency of conversion of digested food (ECD) and ECI of fifth instars (38.663 ± 4.34 and 20.083 ± 1.581%, respectively) were on artichoke and the lowest of both values on cabbage (ECD: 6.314 ± 1.128 and ECI: 5.448 ± 1.052%).The 3rd to 6th instars as a whole showed the highest ECD and ECI values on tomato (23.412 ± 2.252 and 19.845 ± 1.798%, respectively). However, the highest and lowest values of consumption index (CI) were on cabbage (33.943 ± 2.669) and tomato (6.145 ± 0.578). The highest values of relative consumption rate (RCR) and (AD) were obtained on cabbage (1.49 ± 0.109 mg/mg/day and 86.431 ± 1.141%, respectively). The results of nutritional indices and the cluster analysis indicate that tomato was nutritionally the most suitable food for S. littoralis.
Keywords
host plants; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; nutritional indices; Spodoptera littoralis
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