EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CONSTITUENT SALTS OF HMW SALT MIXTURE ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DACUS CUCURBITAE MAGGOTS IN ARTIFICIAL DIET
KAVITA GUPTA *
DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY, INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI-110012, INIDIA.
MOHINI ANAND *
DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY, INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI-110012, INIDIA.
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Abstract
The effect of different constituent salts of HMW salt mixture were tested using deletion technique, potassium salts were the only ones indispensible for the growth of the maggots of Dacus cucurbitae Coquillet. There was significant detrimental effect on the growth of maggots when Ca-salts, Mg-salts, Fe-salts, Min-salts, potash alum and Na-salts were deleted from individual diets.