Abstract

                                Studies made on the field recovery of Eucalatorja bryani Sabroky from Heliothis armigera Hubner indicated that there was effective parasitism from December, to April to an extent of 20 per cent and emergence of adult flies was 9 from each parasitised larvan The pencentage of parasitism and emergence of adult flies were significantly high from the larvae of Heliothis armigera collected from tomato followed by redgram and Lab-lab. A positive correlation was found to exist between the number of larvae parasitised vs. percentage of parasitism as well as with the number of adult flies emerged. Regression: equation fitted with the above variables showed that for every parasitised host larvas in the field, there would be an increase of 5.63 per cent parasitism and 3.73 adult flies emergence. These studies significantly revealed the practical utility of this parasitoid for effective parasitism on Heliothis armegera by mass multiplication and release in the field.

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