Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Incidence, intensity and management of bark eating caterpillar, Indarbela sp. infesting fruit trees in Himachal Pradesh, India

  • Author: Divender Gupta, Sunil Naram, R. S. Bhatia

• Biology and Seasonal incidence of pseudostem weevil, Odoiporus longicollis Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in banana

  • Author: G. Indira Priyadarshini, U. Mukherjee, Nagendra Kumar

• Mapping the potential distribution of Achatina fulica (Bowdich) (Stylommatophora: Achatinidae) in India using CLIMEX, a bioclimatic software

  • Author: V. Sridhar, L. S. Vinesh, M. Jayashankar

• Bioefficacy of tolfenpyrad 15 EC against hopper complex in mango

  • Author: S. Ramesh Babu, Virendra Singh

• Seasonal incidence of spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Koch) (Tetranychidae: Acari) on gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) under polyhouse conditions

  • Author: Dharmishthabahen R. Shah, Abhishek Shukla

• Impact of pheromone baits on the incidence of rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) on oil palm

  • Author: P. Kalidas

• Seasonal incidence of major insect pests of chilli in relation to weather parameters in Andhra Pradesh

  • Author: V. L. Pathipati, T. Vijayalakshmi, L. Naram Naidu

• Efficacy of botanicals and insecticides against Callosobruchus chinensis L. on pigeon pea seeds

  • Author: Rashmi Kumari, U. Mukherjee, Neeraj Kumar, Nagendra Kumar

• Population dynamics of Tetranychus urticae Koch on brinjal crop under north Bihar conditions

  • Author: V. L. Monica, Anil Kumar, Hari Chand, Sudhir Paswan, Sanjeev Kumar

• Mobile genetic element excision footprints of Drosophila melanogaster found in heat shock protein coding regions of Solanaceous crops

  • Author: M. K. Chandra Prakash, Reena Rosy Thomas, Sukhada Mohandas

• Qualitative and quantitative differences in DNA extracted from different body parts of Apis spp. (Hymenoptera:Apidae) and its validation using microsatellite markers

  • Author: S. Sudhagar, P. V. Rami Reddy, V. Sridhar, P. D. Kamala Jayanthi, R. Vani

• Duplex PCR for simultaneous detection of Begomovirus and Phytoplasma from naturally infected tomato

  • Author: P. Swarnalatha, M. Krishna Reddy

• In vitro evaluation of botanicals against Ralstonia solanacearum E.F. Smith (Yabbuchi et al., 1995)

  • Author: C. Gopalakrishnan, Rashmi B. Artal, B. Thippeswamy

• Evaluation of bio-efficacy of new fungicide molecule -UPF 509 (Azoxystrobin 8.3 w/w + Mancozeb 64.75 w/w) and biocontrol agents against powdery mildew of grapes

  • Author: K. Vinothini, P. Ahila Devi, V. Prakasam

• Management of powdery mildew and anthracnose diseases of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.)

  • Author: K. Ajithkumar, A. S. Savitha, S. A. Biradar, B. Rajanna, G. Ramesh

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Management of citrus scale, Chrysomphalus aonidum (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Coorg mandarin (Citrus reticulata)

  • Author: B. R. Jayanthi Mala, Sunanda Sanganal

• Pest complex of sapota [Manilkara achras (Mill.) Forsberg] under hill zone of Karnataka

  • Author: Ravulapenta Sathish, D. Jemla Naik, A. C. VeerendrA, R. Murali

• Infestation of tortoise beetle, Cassida exilis Boheman (Coleoptera: Cassidinae) on Kinnow mandarin in India

  • Author: Sandeep Singh, D. R. Sharma

• A note on bat, Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl) damage to Robusta Coffee (Coffea canephora) plants in Kodagu, Karnataka, India

  • Author: M. S. Uma, B. V. Ranjeeth Kumar, P. Abdul Rahiman, P. K. Vinod Kumar, N. Ramamurthy

• Severe incidence of mustard sawfly, Athalia lugens proxima (Klug) on leafy Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis

  • Author: P. D. Kamala Jayanthi, C. R. Ramesh

• Integrated disease management of purple blotch [Alternaria porri (Ellis) Cif] of onion

  • Author: A. S. Savitha, K. Ajithkumar, G. Ramesh

• Evaluation of eco-friendly techniques for management of melon fruit flies (Bactrocera spp.) in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

  • Author: Kiran Rana, H. S. Kanwar

• A new record of the occurrence of Thunbergia sanguinarius (Stal.) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) on Decalapis hamiltonii Wight & Arn. an endangered medicinal plant

  • Author: K. Shivaramu, K. Souravi, P. E. Rajashekaran, P.V. Rami Reddy, Achala Paripoorna

• Is bougainvillea a more preferred host to leaf cutter bee, Megachile sp. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) than rose?

  • Author: Jaydeep Halder, Achintya Pramanik, A. B. Rai

• Launching of the ICAR Consortium Research Platform on Borers

  • Author: A. Krishnamoorthy, P.V. Rami Reddy

• Proceedings of the Brainstorming meet on ‘Bio-Security Issues in Relation to Insect and Quarantine’

  • Author: A.N. Shylesha

• Proceedings of the Brain storming session on "Insecticide Resistance Management in Horticultural Crops. Way Forward’

  • Author: A. K. Chakravarthy, D. Lokeshwari, K. R. Latha, V. Sridhar

• EDITORIAL

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