author(s)
P Aarthi Helen, ND Tamboli, SA More and SR Kulkarni

abstract
Laboratory bioefficacy of six test bioagents viz., entomopathogenic fungi (Metarhizium anisopliae, Nomjraea rileyi, Beauveria bassiana), entomopathogenic bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, entomopathogenic nematode Steirnerernema carpocapsae and botanicals Azardirachtin were evaluated against 1^st, 3^rd, 5^th instar larva of fall armyworm at 1^st, 3^rd 5^th and 7^th days after treatment. Among all evaluated bioagents treatment with Bt showed the highest mortality i.e 85.92%, 64.44% and 50.00 % against 1^st, 3^rd, and 5^th instar larvae, respectively. The next best treatment was Nomurea rileyi showed 71.48%, 57.04% and 36.68% mortality against 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th instar larvae respectively. In present study Bioefficacy depicted as Bt> N. rileyi> M. anisopliae and Azardiractin >S. carpocapsae and B. bassiana against 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th instar larvae of fall armyworm.