| The Egyptian cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) is an economically important pest with a wide range of host plants. It attacks certain vegetable and field crops such as cotton, tomatoes, cabbage and squash in Egypt, for causing severe injuries to the plants in all phonological crop stages, In addition to this species has acquired resistance to many insecticides. The overall objective of this investigations was to look for new control strategy through evaluate the effects of application of TiO2 nanoparticles on the survival and biology of this insect. The experiment were carried out under laboratory conditions, the experiment was achieved with two treatments, consisting of TiO2 nanoparticles application, and a negative... |
