Effect of CryIIa transgenic chickpeas to Helicoverpa armigera larval parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae

    Shaila, O and Sharma, H C and Sharma, S P and Ramesh Babu, T (2017) Effect of CryIIa transgenic chickpeas to Helicoverpa armigera larval parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 5 (2). pp. 838-843. ISSN 2349-6800

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    Abstract

    The current experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of transgenic chickpea lines expressing CryIIa to C. chlorideae under laboratory conditions. There was a significant reduction in cocoon formation and adult emergence of C. chlorideae reared on H. armigera larvae fed on the leaves of transgenic chickpea before and after parasitisation. The larval period was prolonged and was a significant difference between the transgenic and nontransgenic chickpea lines was observed. Although the pupal period of the parasitoid was prolonged, there were no significant differences between the transgenic and nontransgenic chickpea lines. The adverse effects of transgenic chickpea lines on cocoon formation and adult emergence of C.chlorideae were largely due to the early mortality of H.armigera larvae, but there was no direct toxicity of Bt toxin protein to C. chlorideae. The amount of CryIIa protein transferred from leaves to the non-target insects and natural enemies were negligible.

    Item Type: Article
    Divisions: Research Program : Asia
    CRP: UNSPECIFIED
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Transgenic chickpea, tritrophic interactions, Helicoverpa armigera, Campoletis chlorideae, Bacillus thuringiensis, CryIIa
    Subjects: Others > Helicoverpa
    Mandate crops > Chickpea
    Others > Entomology
    Depositing User: Mr Ramesh K
    Date Deposited: 23 May 2017 10:50
    Last Modified: 22 Jun 2017 08:43
    URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/10019
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    Funders: UNSPECIFIED
    Acknowledgement: The authors thank the staff of entomology, ICRISAT for their support in carrying out the experiments.
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