Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
A Lalitha Sarvani, Dr. SJ Rahman, Dr. JC Sekhar and Dr. G Uma Devi

Abstract:
A study was conducted at Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, PJTSAU, Hyderabad during rabi 2021 to evaluate effect of temperature on the biological attributes of promising isolates of Metarhizium anisopliae. The samples were collected from farmer fields of intense maize growing districts from three zones of Telangana viz., Northern Telangana Zone (NTZ), Central Telangana Zone (CTZ) and Southern Telangana Zone (STZ). The isolates were exposed to different levels of temperature viz., 20 °C, 25 °C, 30 °C, 40 °C and 45 °C.