Hina Nazli, Abida Butt*
...s of insect pests in the agroecosystem. The present study was designed to assess and compare acute and residual toxicity of two insecticides i.e Spiromesifen and Thiamethoxam on the lynx spider Oxyopes javanus Thorell, 1887 under laboratory conditions. The field rate of both insecticides caused approximately 50% mortality in the population of O. javanus. Toxicity data showed that these insecticides are slightly harmful ( caused <...
Rana Shahzad Noor1,2, Fiaz Hussain2, Irfan Abbas3, Muhammad Umair2, Abu Saad2, Muhammad Umar Farooq4 and Yong Sun1*
Assessing Sustainability of Rainfed Wheat (Triticum Aestivum) Production under Various Soil Tillage Systems: An Energy and Economic Analysis
...rgy and profitability of agroecosystems eventually. In rainfed agriculture system, all types of tillage as zero, reduced, and conservational systems could be applied instead of conventional tillage system in wheat farming according to studied energy parameters....
Honnakerappa S. Ballari1 and Shashikant S. Udikeri2*
...gera is important in any agroecosystem. The resistance to classical insecticides viz., synthetic pyrethroids, organophosphates and carbamates was global issue in early nineties. Hence many new generation pesticides are in use widely. To know the status of different insecticides belonging pyrethroid, ogranophaopsahte and carbamate molecules monitoring was exercised using populations of H. armigera collected from different agroclimatic situations in Karnataka st...
Mubashar Hussain*, Takhmina Nazir and Muhammad Faheem Malik
...ial landscapes including agroecosystems. Agricultural intensification contributes to the decline of these pest predators mainly due to pesticides, habitat reduction, and decreased food availability. Here, we explored the diversity of ladybird beetles in croplands alongside the river Chenab at Wazirabad. We collected coccinellid beetles from seven sampling sites (Behram, Wazirabad City, Khanki, Burj Cheema, Tahli da Kot, Rasool Nagar and Kot Har Auddin) by hand...
Muhammad Mahmood-Ul-Hassan,Munawar Iqbal,Shahnaz Akhtar Rana,Nureen Rana,Muhammad Nadeem Abbas
Mushtaq Ahmad1, Hikmat Ullah Jan2, Kanwal Raina3, Nazara Shafiq3, Syed Mukarram Shah1, Muhammad Ibrahim4, Shaha Buddin1 and Gulnaz Parveen3*
...rsity in maize and wheat agroecosystems....
Jessenia Castro-Olaya1, Dorys T. Chirinos1* and Takumasa Kondo2
...rsity was low in all the agroecosystems, due to high dominance of Hypothenemus sp. (87.9%). LAF exhibited the highest scolytinae community, with six indicator taxa (IndVAl: ranging 25.4 to 48.7%). Rainfall and temperature were negatively associated with abundance. Although Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabricius) is the species reported in Ecuador, 13 additional taxa were detected. This research reports for the first time 13 scolytine taxa associated wi...
