Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems

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• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Efficacy of selected insecticides against sucking pests of pomegranate

  • Author: K. Elango, S. Sridharan, P. A. Saravanan, S. Balakrishnan

• Artificial diet for mass-rearing of melon borer, Diaphania indica (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

  • Author: P. N. Ganga Visalakshy, K. Soumya, A. Krishnamoorthy, K. Gopalakrishna Pillai

• Efficacy of neem, pongamia and fish oils alone and as synergists with insecticides for the management of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on tomato

  • Author: V. Sridhar, S. Onkara Naik, K. Achala Paripurna, V. K. Rao, K. G. Pillai, D. C. Lakshmana Reddy

• Reaction of ginger cultivars against rhizome fly, Mimegralla coeruleifrons and its management

  • Author: C. Satyanarayana, K. T. Arunakumara

• Efficacy of biorational insecticides against major sucking pests of okra

  • Author: G. Rajeshwari, A. K. Chakravarthy, V. Sridhar, N. Ashwathnarayan Reddy

• Evaluation of crop protection measures against wild boar (Sus scrofa) damage on Chinese potato [Solonostemonrotun difolius (Poir) Morton] in Kerala

  • Author: P. Sreeja, Mani Chellappan

• Pentas lanceolata and Hibiscus rosa sinensis as bee flora for urban conservation of Apis dorsata (Fab.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

  • Author: Annamma Abraham Anitha, C. B. Soumya, Muthangi Subramanyam, Abraham Verghese

• Effect of flooding and insecticide spray on arecanut white grubs, Leucopholis lepidophora Blanchard and Leucopholis burmeisteri Brenske (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in arecanut

  • Author: S. K. Adarsha, B. K. Shivanna, C. M. Kalleshwara Swamy

• Potential of Fusarium spp. for biocontrol of downy mildew of grapes

  • Author: Mahesh R. Ghule, Indu S. Sawant

• Reaction of turmeric genotypes against Colletotrichum capsici causing leaf spot and its management

  • Author: K.T. Arunakumara, C. Satyanarayana

• Record of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infecting Celosia plumosa in Kerala

  • Author: R. Narayana, Chinchu P. Babu, Sunu Thomas

• Mechanism of nematode infection by fungal antagonists, Purpureocillium lilacinum (Thom) Samson and Pochonia chlamydosporia (Goddard) Zare & Gams 2001

  • Author: N. Swarnakumari, P. Kalaiarasan

• SHORT NOTE

  Efficacy of newer molecules for the management of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)-An invasive pest on tomato

  • Author: P. Shivarama Bhat, S. Saroja, B. S. Rajendra Prasad, H. R. Ranganath

• Influence of spray time of botanicals and insecticides on ber fruit borer, Meridarchis scyrodes Meyrick

  • Author: B. Srinivasulu, K. Subramanyam, G. Rajeshwari, P. Deepthi

• Pediobius imbrues (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a promising parasitoid of coconut slug caterpillar, Macroplectra nararia Moore (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) in Andhra Pradesh

  • Author: N.B.V. Chalapathi Rao, E. Padma, G. Ramanandam

• Antagonistic effect of entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae (IIHR strain) on plant pathogens, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Pestalotia mangiferae and Botrydipliodia theobromae

  • Author: P. N. Ganga Visalakshy, L. Frenita, C. N. Darshana, C. Swathi, A. Krisnamoorthy

• Incidence of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne spp. in mango (Mangifera indica) and citrus (Citrus aurantifolia) in Tamil Nadu-A first record

  • Author: K. Poornima, M. Sivakumar, S. Subramanian, K. Ramaraju