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Research ArticleDiversity of birds at crop fields of Mondouri, West Bengal
Saswati Roy, Rakesh Pashi, S. Dey, Shantanu Jha
The study was carried out in Teaching Farm, Mondouri (22.941842N, 88.513064E) under Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia and West Bengal during June 2015 to April 2016. Landscapes of the area can be classified into two major categories: agricultural fie…
4 Jan 2018- Meeting Report
Fruit flies: A major challenge in fruits and vegetable growing and their export from India
Shantanu Jha, A. Rama Devi, Ngalaton Kasar, Abhishek Mukherjee
The Fruit Fly Workers meeting held at the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya on 7th August provided a unique platform to scientists working in the eastern and north-eastern parts of India on fruit flies to interact, share their experience and finally to prio…
4 Oct 2017 
Research ArticleEcofriendly biointensive pest management modules in cowpea under sub-Himalayan West Bengal, India
Sumit K. Satpathi, Suprakash Pal, Rupsanatan Mandal, Nonigopal Shit, Ashutosh Sarkar
A field experiment was conducted at Regional Research Station (Terai Zone), Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar (India) during the summer season of 2016 to determine the utility and economics of biointensive pest management modules agains…
4 Oct 2017- Articles
Isolation and Characterization of Mycoflora from Infected Weeds
Gadeeyya G
An epidemic study was conducted on weed plants for the primary investigation of natural enemies which may became promising biocontrol agents. A total of 7 weed plants include Commelina benghalensis, Cyperus rotundus, Crotalaria verrucosa, Digera muricata, Sida…
21 Jul 2017 
Research ArticleManagement of rice insects by granular formulation of chlorantraniliprole along with foliar sprays of some new molecules
Sitesh Chatterjee, Chirasree Gangopadhyay, Santosh Kumar Roy
The experiment was conducted during kharif seasons of 2014 and 2015 to evaluate field bio-efficacy of new generation molecules against rice insect-pests. Control of pests in seedbed is relatively less expensive than transplanted main-field because of smaller a…
21 Jul 2017
Research ArticleAssessment of different approaches of management of stored grain pest of black gram under homestead condition of purulia district of West Bengal
A. Chakraborty, S.K. Bhattacharya, C. Ghosh, B. Mahato, M.K. Bhattacharjya
Black gram (Vigna mungo L.) is widely cultivated during May to September under the rainfed unbunded uplands of Purulia, West Bengal and the produces are stored by farmers under homestead condition for the purpose of consumption and seed for the next year sowin…
21 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 
Research ArticleAdeptness of bio-intensive approach against vascular bacterial wilt in Purulia district of West Bengal
C. Ghosh, B. Mahato, A. Chakraborty, S.K. Bhattacharya, M.K. Bhattacharjya
Vascular bacterial wilt being an impediment of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) production under the acidic soil condition of Purulia district of West Bengal resulted in 20-30% yield loss every year. The present participatory action research was aimed to study t…
21 Jul 2017- Articles
Botanicals for control of anthracnose of bell peppers
K.K. Lakshmesha, S. Mahadev Murthy, N. Lakshmidevi
Botanicals or plant extracts from Cathranthus roseus, Coleus aromaticus , Manilkara zapota and Azadirachta indica was studied by poisoned food technique, seed germination and under green house experiments for control of Colletotrichum capsici, fungal pathogen…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Utilization of botanicals in the management of the coconut perianth mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer
B. S. Nandihalli
The experiment on utilization of botanicals in the management of the coconut perianth mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer was conducted at Main Agricultural Research Station, Dharwad, Karnataka during 2003-04 with nine treatments. The results of the present study…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
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Amitava Konar, Kiran A. More, Pradip Mondal
A field investigation was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of some insecticides against soil pests i.e. cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon Hufner; Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) and molecricket (Gryllotalpa africana P. de Beau; Gryllotalpidae: Orthoptera) infesting potato at…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Bioefficacy of some indigenous products in the management of okra fruit borers
K. K. Hegde, B. S. Nandihalli
A field experiment was conducted in kharif, 2003 at Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad to evaluate the bioefficacy of some indigenous products against okra fruit borers, Earias vittella Fabricius and Helicoverpa ar…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Plant growth promoting activity of some indigenous Tricho-derma isolates and their field performance against sheath blight of rice in old alluvial zone of North Bengal
Goutam Mondal
Five Trichoderma spp. were isolated from the old alluvial zone of North Bengal and their biocontrol activity were tested in dual culture and found effective against soil-borne plant pathogens, namely, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri (Padw.) Matuo. and Rhizoct…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Evaluation of new and conventional insecticides for the management of mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi Kalt. (Homoptera: Aphididae) on rapeseed (Brassica juncea L.)
Dipak Mandal, Paramita Bhowmik, M.L. Chatterjee
Field experiment was conducted during rabi season at Raipur, Bankura, West Bengal to study the effect of few insecticides against mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi K. on rapeseed (Brassica juncea L.). Experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with eight…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Factors influencing incidence of red spider mite of tea, Oligonychus coffeae (Nietner) in Assam
Dinesh Kachhawa, Sahidur Rahman
During the experimental period all data on meteorological factors viz., temperature (maximum and minimum), relative humidity, total rainfall and bright sunshine hours were collected for the entire period of study from the Department of Agrometeorology, AAU, Jo…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Reaction of gerbera cultivars to spider mite, Tetranychus urti-cae Koch (Tetranychidae: Acari) under polyhouse conditions
Dharmishthabahen R. Shah, Abhishek Shukla
Five gerbera cultivars were screened for their reaction against spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch under the polyhouse conditions. Results showed that the gerbera cultivar Cherany was highly tolerant with lowest mite popu-lation (1.62mites/plant) whereas Ve…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Isolate variations in Colletotrichum gloeosporioides infecting pomegranate
M. S. Joshi, D.M. Sawant, A.P. Gaikwad
Eleven pomegranate varieties were tested against six isolates of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides under controlled conditions. Inoculated fruits were assessed on the basis of virulence of the isolates and reaction of a particular variety was expressed in Disease…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Past, present and future of nematophagous fungi as bio-agent to control plant parasitic nematodes
M.A. Pendse, M.N. Limaye
Nematophagous fungi (NF) are the major antagonists of nematodes. They include nematode trapping fungi as well as endoparasitic fungi. For more than a century scientists are studying different facets of biology of NF including their potential as a bioagents to…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Biology of Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius) (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera), a serious pest of Indian ipecac, Tylophora indica
Nilesh Suresh Gole, Bijan Kumar Das
Indian ipecac, Tylophora indica (Burm. f.) Merr. commonly known as dumvel or antomul, is an important medicinal plant in the family Asclepiadaceae, indigenous to India. In West Bengal, we observed the herb to be heavily infested by a defoliator pest, Dichromia…
2 Jul 2017 - Articles
Evaluation of the effects of climate change on increased in-cidence of cowpea pests in Nigeria
A.A. Oyerinde, G.T. Oyerinde
Insect response to rise in atmospheric temperature and carbon dioxide differ from one region to the other. The latest assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts an increment in mean atmospheric temperature from 1.1 to…
2 Jul 2017