Original Research Article I Volume 4 I Issue 1 I 2016

Tachinids as good biocontrol agents of agricultural pests

Nilam Shendage; T. V. Sathe

Biolife; 2016, 4(1), pp 79-83

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7309999

Abstract:

Tachinids (Diptera: Tachinidae) are good biocontrol agents of agricultural and other crop plants. They are broadly divided into macro egg laying and micro egg laying individuals. Macro egg laying tachinids deposited their eggs directly on the insect pest body while, micro egg laying tachinids laid on the host plants of insect pests. In both cases, after getting the entry into the host body, eggs hatched into maggots and maggots consumed internal tissues of the pest insects by killing them when they came out by breaking the body wall of pest stages like larvae and pupae.

Keywords:

Tachinids, diversity, biocontrol potential.

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Article Dates:

Received: 5 January 2016; Accepted: 22 February 2016; Published: 3 March 2016

How To Cite:

Nilam Shendage, & T. V. Sathe. (2022). Tachinids as good biocontrol agents of agricultural pests. Biolife, 4(1), 79–83. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7309999

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