Issue · 2010
Vol. 2, Iss. 2, Pages 1-96
17 articles · pp. 1-96 · All issues →
ArticlesMass production, formulation, quality control and delivery of Trichoderma for plant disease management
B. Ramanujam, R. D. Prasad, S. Sriram, R. Rangeswaran
Trichoderma has gained maximum attention as biocontrol agent due to the fact that it is effective against a large number of soil-borne plant pathogenic fungi, suppressive effects on some root nematodes without adversely affecting beneficial microbes like Rhizo…
1 Jul 2017- Articles
Effect of dates of sowing, moisture regimes, varieties and weather factors on incidences of aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt.) in rape and mustard
S. A. Khan, S. Jha
Mustard aphid which is influenced by predisposing abiotic factors, has been widely reported as the most noxious insect pest limiting production of rape and mustard. Field experiment was carried out with 3 varieties of rape and mustard, 6 dates of sowing and 2…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Sudden outbreak of mealy bug and armoured scale causing severe damage to economic crops in Bangladesh
K.N. Ahmed, M.R. Hasan
Recently attack of different vegetable crops viz., eggplant, lady's finger, papaya, basil etc. by citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) has been noticed in Bangladesh. It is mainly a pest of citrus and coffee crops but now it h…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Proteomic analysis of soybean cyst nematode
Savithiry S. Natarajan, Benjamin F. Matthews
No abstract is associated with this type of article
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Weather based forewarning of root mealy bug, Paraputo sp.(Pseudococcidae : Hemiptera) in mulberry of Kalimpong hills
S.K. Mukhopadhyay, D. Das, M.V. Santha Kumar, N.K. Das, K. Mondal, A.K. Bajpai
No abstract is associated with this type of article
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Integrated weed management in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus)
Malay K. Bhowmick, Manas K. Bag, Samimul Islam
No abstract is associated with this type of article.
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Comparative efficacy of insecticides and neem formulations against Litchi fruit borer, Conopomorpha cramerella Snellen (Gracillariidae: Lepidoptera)
Ajoy Kumar Sahoo, Anusmriti Roy, Sujit Kumar Ray
No abstract is associated with this type of article
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Field efficacy of some insecticides against whitefly infesting mulberry, Morus alba L.
M. Patnaik, P. Mitra, N.K. Das, K. Mondal, A.K. Bajpai
No abstract is associated with this type of article.
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Bio-management of root knot nematode and root rot disease by antagonistic fungi and rhizobacteria
A. K. Chaubey, Satyandra Kumar
Effects of four fungi and six rhizobacteria isolates from the rhizosphere of vegetable crops was studied for suppression of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita and wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici on tomato in laboratory and pot culture…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
A database on parasitoid of insect pests of crops in Manipur, India
S. Subharani, S. S. Thorat, N. Abem, L. Amit Kumar, T. K. Singh
A Parasitoid database consisting of 62 (sixty two) species records gathered by conducting a systematic survey of parasitoids on insect pests of crops in different localities of Manipur was developed by using MS-Access. The database is for academic purpo…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Morphological changes of different castes of the subterranean termites (Odontotermes proformosanus) in fungus combs of termitophiles
Parvin Noor, Md. Nashir Uddin
Termitidae is the largest family of termites. The workers of the subfamily Macrotermitinae have the extra-ordinary phenomena of making fungus combs inside the termitophiles. Considering the consistency of fungus-bed in the termitophiles, an attempt has been ma…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Incidence of Aleurocanthus spp. (Aleyrodidae: Hemiptera) on betelvine (Piper betle L.) and their interaction with host plants
Bijan Kumar Das
Betelvine (Piper betle L.) is a perennial evergreen shade loving creeper belonging to the family Piperaceae. In India, it is commercially cultivated over an area of 50,000 ha as an important and potential cash crop. In spite of the tremendous potentially of th…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Management of root holoparasite Aeginetia pedunculata of (Orobanchaceae), causing wilt of sugarcane by trap and catch crops
Bikash Ranjan Ray, Mrinal Kanti Dasgupta
Sugarcane wilt caused by Aeginetia pedunculata (Roxb.) Wall. (Orobanchaceae) is endemic in the command area of Plassey Sugar Mill in the districts of Nadia and Murshidabad in West Bengal. It spreads through water-and soil-borne seeds. With the objective of dev…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Virus- vector relationship of yellow vein disease of calendula and the whitefly
Bushra Afreen, Geetesh Baghel, Akil A. Khan, Q.A. Naqvi
Virus causing yellow vein disease on Calendula officinalis L. was transmitted from naturally infected C. officinalis to healthy seedlings of C. officinalis through whiteflies not through sap inoculation. A single whitefly could transmit the virus and showed 20…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Occurrence of insect pests on frenchbean, Phaseolus vulgaris L. in Darjeeling Hills
S. Pal, T.S. Ghimiray
No abstract is associated with this type of article
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Epidemiological studies on some diseases of guava (Psidium guajava L.)
Sitansu Pan, N. K. Mishra
The role of weather factors, such as temperature, total rainfall, number of rainy days and relative humidity on the development of diseases like canker (Pestalotia psidii), anthracnose and die back (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides), stem canker and dry fr…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Rot diseases of muga host, Som (Persea bombycina) in Assam, India
S. K. Dutta, S. Roy Chowdhuri, D. Pandit, A. K. Bajpai
Som (Persea bombycina, King. ex Hook. f. Kost.), the primary food plant of muga silkworm, (Antheraea assamensis Helfer) growing mainly in North Eastern region and Uttaranchal State in India. India is unique in producing the golden muga silk and has monopoly in…
1 Jul 2017