Comparing the effect of Seven isolated Bacillus thuringiensis against The Indian mealmoth (Plodia interpunctella), infesting during storage [ ]


Seven bacterial isolated strains, Bacillus thuringiensis B.T Dendrolimus , B.t thuringiensis , Bt Sotto 4A/4B , BT IP thurizide, Bt Toloworthi, Bt HD 210 and Bt HD 128 tested aginst the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella, the LC50 of the different bacterial strains , 103X104, 98 X104, 44 X104, 40 X104, 42 X104, 110 X104 and 177 X104 after treated with different concentrations of bacterial strains, Bacillus thuringiensis B.T Dendrolimus , B.t thuringiensis , Bt Sotto 4A/4B , BT IP thurizide, Bt Toloworthi, Bt HD 210 and Bt HD 128. The effect of the number of eggs laid/ female of (Plodia interpunctella were significantly decreased to 10.1±1.6 after treated with Bt Toloworthi as compared to 98.4±4.9 in the control after 120 days of the storage . The percentage of adult emergence significantly decreased to 10 after Bt Toloworthi treatments after 120 days as compared to 99% in the control.