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ArticlesDissipation 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
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
Control strategies of papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Willink infesting vegetable crops in Bangladesh
K.N. Ahmed, M.A. Al-Helal, N-E-P. Khanom, S. Bulbul
The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus (Williams & Willink) colonize the ventral surface of the papaya leaves along the veins and later disperse to the unripe fruits rendering them unmarketable and inedible. The damage appeared to be in the range betwe…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Biological control of foot rot of betelvine (Piper betle L.) caused by Phytophthora parasitica Dastur
Basudeb Dasgupta, Partha Dutta, Srikanta Das
Abstract The experiment was carried out over two consecutive years to study the impact of incidence of foot rot of betelvine caused by Phytophthora parasitica and growth, yield, and keeping quality by applying two bioagents, viz., P. fluorescens and Trichoderm…
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
Biological control of plant diseases
Sitansu Pan, Someshwar Bhagat
Abstract Biological control of plant diseases seems to be the best alternative for plant disease control. It is ecofriendly, reliable, cost effective and is an integral component of integrated plant disease management framework for sustainable crop production.…
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
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 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
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
Field evaluation of efficacy of some botanical dust against rice bug (Leptocorisa oratorius Fabr.)
D. Sharmah, K.C. Deka, A.K. Phukan
Efficacy of neem (Azadirachta indica A.Jass), soap nut (Sapindus trifoliatus L.) and their formulations and Malathion as standard insecticide were evaluated against the rice bug (Leptocorisa oratorius Fabr.) during 2000-2001 on the basis of per cent reduction…
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 - 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 - Articles
Potential efficacy of new pesticides for the control of mulberry whitefly and its impact on silkworm rearing
Manoja Patnaik, D.K.Bhattacharya, N.B.Kar, N.K.Das, A.K.Saha, B.B.Bindroo
No abstract is associated with this type of article.
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Biology, seasonal activity of fruit fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae Coq.) on pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) and weather relations
P. Barma, S. Jha
Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coq.) is considered as a serious pest of pointed gourd. Peak incidence of it was obtained in third week of May to first week of June during all the three years of study (i.e. 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10). Studies on biology showed that the…
1 Jul 2017 - Articles
Screening 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