TY - JOUR AU - MIRZA ABDUL QAYYUM, MUHAMMAD ASAD SALEEM, JAVARIA NAZIR, PY - 2018/04/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - INVESTIGATING LETHAL EFFECT OF DIFFERENT BOTANICALS AGAINST OXYCARENUS LAETUS KIRBY UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS JF - International Multidisciplinary Research Journal JA - IMRJ VL - 8 IS - 0 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.25081/imrj.2018.v8.3618 UR - https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/imrj/article/view/3618 SP - 22-25 AB - <p>For last few years, dusky cotton bug, <em>Oxycarenus laetus</em> (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) has become an emerging pest of cotton crop threatening cotton production in Pakistan. Onset of insecticidal resistance demands the use the alternate approaches for the control of <em>O. laetus</em>. Plant-based botanicals have the potential to suppress <em>O. laetus</em> at different concentrations. The findings of present study showed that highest mortality (53.13%, 70.83% and 96.91%) of <em>O. leatus </em>was recorded at 1.5%, 2.5% and 5% concentrations after 72h of treatment with <em>N. tabacum</em>. However, <em>O. sanctum</em> harbored lowest mortality (38.10%, 37.50% and 52.91%) at all tested concentrations. Consequently, <em>Nicotiana tabacum </em>was proved as exhibiting competent insecticidal properties for the control of <em>O. laetus</em>.</p> ER -