Tachinids as good biocontrol agents of agricultural pests
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Abstract
<strong>ABSTRACT</strong> 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. Mostly pest larvae have been found attacked by tachinids. The diversity of tachinids and their biocontrol potential is summarized in the paper. <strong>KEY WORDS: </strong>Tachinids, diversity, biocontrol potential. <strong>REFERENCES</strong> Arnaud P. H. Jr. A Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae (Diptera). USDA Misc. Publ. 1319. 860 (1978). 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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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