Issue · 2010
Vol. 2, Iss.1, Pages 1-105
17 articles · pp. 1-105 · All issues →
ArticlesScreening of chilli microflora and other biocontrol agents for their antagonistic effects on Colletotrichum spp. infecting chillies
Honnur Basha, Vinaya Hemannavar, B.Ramanujam, R. Rangeshwaran, S.Sriram
Forty-five leaf and nine fruit samples of chilli were collected from different regions of Karnataka for isolation of chilli microflora. From these samples, 94 fungal and 89 bacterial isolates were derived, which included 50 isolates of fungi and 44 isola…
1 Jul 2017- Articles
Survey and monitoring of pests, parasites and predators of pulse crops in central and eastern Uttar Pradesh
Neerja Agrawal, Mukesh Srivastava, Akhilesh Tripathi, Amrendra Singh
A survey was conducted in chickpea, pigeonpea and lentil crops in different districts of Uttar Pradesh.Atotal of 22 districts were surveyed to record gram pod borer Helicoverpa armigera, Bihar hairy caterpillar, Spilarctia obliqua, plant hopper of Pentatomorph…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Relationship between the population of mustard aphid,Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) and weather parameters on different cultivars of Indian mustard ( Brassica juncea L.)
Wajid Hasan, C. P. Singh
The experiments were conducted during rabi season (2007-08 & 2008-09) at Crop Research Centre of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology,Pantnagar, U.S. Nagar, Uttarakhand to investigate the population dynamics of the mustard aphid,Lipaphis er…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Forecasting models of bacterial leaf spot disease of mulberry for Birbhum district of West Bengal
M. D. Maji, N.K.Das, S. Chatterjee, A. Ghosh, A.K. Bajpai
Bacterial leaf spot (BLS) caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv.mor was found to be one of the major foliar diseases in mulberry at farmers field in Birbhum district.BLS incidence appeared in May and continued up to November. The correlation coefficient be…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Bioefficacy of some commercially available chemicals against grain discoloration disease of rice in West Bengal
Manas Kumar Bag Bijan Adhikari, Malay Kumar Bhowmick
No Abstract Applies to this Article
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Studies on target spot of Rauvolfia serpentina caused by Corynespora cassicola
Elvera Monin, B. Dasgupta, Palash Chandra Paul, Jayanta Saha, Srikanta Das
There is no abstract associated with this type of article.
21 Jul 2017 - Articles
Effect of some fungicides on seed mycoflora, germination, viability and their persistence in treated seeds
Sitansu Pan, Surojit Khalko, Amrita Das
The effect of some fungicides on seed mycoflora, germination, seed viability and their persistence in treated seeds of mungbean, mustard and rice was studied in vitro. The highest appearance of pathogens viz.,Alternaria alternata was recorded in seeds of mungb…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Dissipation of carbendazim in mango after pre- and post-harvest treatments
A. K.Bhattacherjee, B. K. Pandey
Dissipation of carbendazim was evaluated in mango fruit after pre as well as post harvest applications. Two pre harvest sprays of carbendazim@0.05 and 0.1 per cent were given to mango fruit (cv. Chausa) at 10 days interval in such a way that last spray fell 12…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Incidence of aphids in different traps on potato in Gangetic plains of West Bengal
N. Johnson Singh, Amitava Konar, Palash Mondal
A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2006-07 and 2007-08 at Adisaptagram Block Seed Farm, Hooghly,West Bengal to evaluate the population dynamics of aphids with the help of yellow pan trap and yellow sticky trap. The population of aphid catch…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Evaluation of shelf life of some value added organic formulations of Trichoderma harzianum
Sitansu Pan, Amrita Das
Shelf life of Trichoderma harzianum (Th AN) was studied during 2007-08 in some organic formulations like vermicompost, leaf manure, rice bran and FYMand also their combinations with two oil cakes, neem and mustard cake. The growth was estimated in terms of col…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Recent advances in geminivirus detection and future perspectives
Nirbhay Kushwaha, Achuit K Singh, Brotati Chattopadhyay, Supriya Chakraborty
The detection and identification of viruses has been a challenge since the advent of the discipline of plant virology over a century ago.Agreat variety of methods have been developed that permit differentiation of viral pathogens.These methods, initially based…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Biopesticides for crop growth and crop protection
M. B. Meah
Tablets made of garlic bulbs and allamanda leaves tremendously increased germination and reduced damping-off, seed rot, seedling blight and tip over of vegetables (egg-plant, tomato, chilli) in the nursery and leaf blight, anthracnose, fruit rot, root knot and…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Efficacy of plant extracts in the suppression of insect pests and their effect on the yield of sunflower crop under different climatic conditions
K.N. Ahmed, S.H.A. Pramanik, M. Khatun A. Nargis M. R. Hasan
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is an annual herb scarcely cultivated in Bangladesh. During cultivation, the coccinellid beetle,Epilachna varivestis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) severely attacked the foliages and florets in the capitulum (inflorescence). Other…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Evaluation of insecticidal schedules for the management of insect pests of potato
Palash Mondal, Amitava Konar, N. Johnson Singh
Two year's field study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of five treatments against insect pests of potato. The minimum population of aphids, whitefly and epilachna beetle was observed in the treatment T which received soil application of phorate followe…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Studies on the biosafety of botanical insecticides to native natural enemies of mulberry ecosystem
S. K. Mukhopadhyay, M. V. Santha Kumar
Laboratory studies were made to compare the toxicity of botanical insecticides viz. Neem oil, Pongamia oil and Nicotine extract in different conc./combinations along with dimethoate and dichlorvos on four coccinellid bio-control agents (Micraspis crocea, Micra…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Understanding the biology and pathology of a soilborne fungus Rhizctonia solani through proteomic investigations
Dilip K. Lakshman, Savithiry S. Natarajan
No Abstract Applies to this Article
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Effect of date of sowing on flowering and incidence and damage of melon fruit fly in snap melon Cucumis melo var.momordica genotypes
M.K. Pandit, P. K. Pal, B. K. Das
The present experiment on snap melon [Cucumis melo (L.)var. momordica Duth.&Full.], was carried out during 2004-2005 to determine the best sowing date for higher female flower production and more number of fruits as well as lower fruit fly incidence. Three…
1 Jul 2017