Journal of Biological Control

Table of Contents

• Pathogenicity of entomopathogenic nematodes to sugarcane internode borer, Chilo sacchariphagus indicus Kapur (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

  • Author: C. Sankaranarayanan, N. Somasekhar, B. Singaravelu, M. Shanmugasundaram

• Host range, pathogenicity and foraging behaviour of Heterorhabditis indica, Steinernema asiaticum and Steinernema siamkayai strains indigenous to Haryana

  • Author: Kumkum Walia, H. K. Bajaj, R. K. Walia, S. N. Nandal

• Identification of endophytic bacteria in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and their effect on plant growth*

  • Author: R. Rangeshwaran, J. Raj, Sreerama Kumar

• Effect of carrier media on population fluctuation of Trichoderma harzianum (MTCC5179) in black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) rhizosphere and their interaction with soil microflora and fauna

  • Author: M. C. Sibi, M. Anandaraj, S. J. Eapen, S. Devasahayam

• Effect of rhizobacteria on Phytophthora meadii, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vanillae and Colletotrichum vanillae infecting vanilla

  • Author: R. Suseela Bhai, A. Kumar

• Characterization of antagonistic potential of Trichoderma spp. against some soil borne plant pathogens

  • Author: Sitansu Pan, Someshwar Bhagat

• Compatibility of mutant isolates of Trichoderma spp. with agrochemicals

  • Author: M. Madhavi, C. Pramod Chandra Kumar, D. Rajaram Reddy, T.V.K. Singh

• Variability in production of extracellular hydrolytic enzymes by Trichoderma spp. and induction of resistance in Gram (Cicer arietinum)

  • Author: Someshwar Bhagat, Sitansu Pan

• Biological control of Alternaria solani, the causal agent of early blight of tomato

  • Author: P. Kishore Varma, S. K. Gandhi, Surender Singh

• Optimization of prodigiosin production from a strain of Serratia marcescens SR1 and screening for antifungal activity

  • Author: K. Parani, B. K. Saha

• Field efficacy of Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorok. against white grubs in Assam

  • Author: Badal Bhattacharyya, A. A. L. H. Baruah, Purnimadas, U. Bhuyan

• Effect of temperature on pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin against Spilosoma obliqua (Walker)

  • Author: Ajay Kumar Pandey

• Efficacy of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuill. and an exotic parasitoid, Cephalonomia stephanoderis (Betrem) (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) for the management of coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

  • Author: S. Irulandi, R. Rajendran, Stephen D. Samuel, C. Chinniah, P. K. Vinod Kumar, K. Sreedharan

• Efficacy of biopesticides and insecticides in controlling maize cutworm in Jammu

  • Author: R. M. Bhagat, M. K. Khajuria, Uma Shankar, Md. Monobrullah, V. Kaul

• Safety of UV-selected Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus to non-target beneficial organisms

  • Author: S. Jeyarani, P. Karuppuchamy, N. Sathiah, S. Manimegalai

• Natural parasitism of the rice skipper, Parnara guttata (Bremer and Grey) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) infesting paddy at Anantnag, Kashmir

  • Author: Ahmad Jamal, F. A. Zaki

• Effect of abamectin sprays on Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov) population in cabbage fields

  • Author: R. Sheeba Jasmine, S. Kuttalam, J. Stanley

• Diversity of natural enemy fauna in rice ecosystem in relation to different levels of nitrogen

  • Author: P. S. Sarao, M. S. Mahal, Debjani Dey

• Evaluation of different doses of Trichogramma species for the management of leaf folder and stem borer on Basmati rice

  • Author: Rubajljot Kaur, K. S. Brar

• Management of leaf folder and stem borer on coarse and Basmati rice with organic and inorganic practices

  • Author: Ramandeep Kaur, K. S. Brar, Rabinder Kaur

• Occurrence of Chrysoperla zastrowi arabica Henry et al. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), a cryptic song species of Chrysoperla (carnea-group), in India

  • Author: T. Venkatesan, J. Poorani, K. S. Murthy, S. K. Jalali, G. Ashok Kumar, Y. Lalitha, R. Rajeshwari

• Predatory response of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) feeding on the Euonymus aphid, Aphis fabae solanella Theobald (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Kashmir

  • Author: A. A. Khan, F. A. Zaki

• Tobacco type mediated effects on the development of pink aphid, Myzus nicotianae Blackman and its predator, Chrysoperla carnea (Stephen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

  • Author: S. Gunnes Wara Rao, P. Venkateswarlu, J. V. Prasad, K. Siva Raju, S. P. Singh, P. K. Naik

• Functional response of Acanthaspis quinquespinosa (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on Coptotermes heimi (Wasmann)

  • Author: Dunston P. Ambrose, J. Micheal Raja, S. Jesu Rajan

• Biological suppression of the mealybugs Planococcus citri (Risso), Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) and Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead) on pummelo with Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant in India

  • Author: M. Mani, A. Krishnamoorthy

• Efficacy of pathogens of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) singly and in combination for its biological control

  • Author: Pujaray, Sushil Kumar, Akhilesh Kumar Pandey

• Larvicidal potential of fungi isolated from larval mosquito habitats against Aedes aegypti

  • Author: I. S. Rana, S. S. Sandhu

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Effect of host density and host-parasitoid ratio on parasitization of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) by Epiricania melanoleuca (Fletcher)

  • Author: D. C. Rajak

• Record of brown lacewing, Micromus australis Hagen (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from cotton and sorghum ecosystem

  • Author: M. Vidya, R. K. Patil, G. K. Ramegowda, S. Lingappa

• Prevalence, prey preference and predatory potential of Paederus fuscipes Curtis and Ophionea sp. in rice

  • Author: Ch. Padmavathi, Gururaj Katti, A. P. Padmakumari, I. C. Pasalu

• Interspecific abundance and seasonal incidence of aphids and aphidophagous predators associated with cabbage

  • Author: S. M. A. Mandal, N. C. Patnaik

• Effect of Lipaphis erysimi (Kaitenbach) numbers on the feeding potential of Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus

  • Author: A. S. Brar, J. S. Kular, K. S. Brar

• Additions to the natural enemy complex of the red hairy caterpillar, Amsacta albistriga (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

  • Author: K. Veenakumari, S. Ramani, R. J. Rabindra

• Efficacy of microbial insecticides and their combinations against Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) on chickpea

  • Author: S. N. Kale, U. B. Men

• Efficacy of nucleopolyhedrovirus against Spilarctia obliqua (Walker) on mulberry

  • Author: K. Veenakumari, R. J. Rabindra, C. D. Srinivasa Naik, M. R. Shubha

• RESEARCH NOTE

  First report of Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sace. on rice brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) (Delphacidea: Homoptera) from Godavari zone of Andhra Pradesh

  • Author: N. Mallikharjuna Rao, K. V. Bhanu, P. Satyanarayana Reddy, S. Krishnam Raju

• A new insect rearing container for in vivo mass multiplication of NPV of Hyblaea puera

  • Author: V. V. Sudheendrakumar, T. V. Sajeev, C. P. Biji

• Management of sorghum army worm, Mythimna separata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) using biopesticides

  • Author: Shekharappa, R. K. Patil

• Compatibility of entomopathogenic nematodes Heterorhabditis indica (Poinar, Karunakar and David) and Steinernema glaseri (Stainer) with insecticides

  • Author: P. Priya, S. Subramanian

• Effectiveness of some traditional and non-traditional protection measures on the recovery of uzi-infested eri silkworm

  • Author: A. K. Sarma, M. K. Gupta