Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems

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• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Isolation and characterization of indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner from animal ordure effective against South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)

  • Author: V Gowtham, M. Kannan, M. Senthilkumar, R.P. Soundararajan

• Biochemical basis of host-plant resistance to shoot and fruit borer, Diaphania caesalis wlk. in jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.)

  • Author: Pritee Singh, J. Jyothi, P. V. Rami Reddy, K. S. Shivashankara

• Screening of botanicals for insecticidal property against pink mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

  • Author: Naorem Ibemu Devi, S. Jeyarajan Nelson

• First report of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (j E Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), an alien invasive pest on maize in India

  • Author: Sharanabasappa, C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, R. Asokan, H.M. Mahadeva Swamy, M. S. Maruthi, H. B. Pavithra, Kavita Hegde, Shivaray Navi, S.T. Prabhu, Georg Goergen

• Evaluation of neem and pongamia formulations for the management of leafhopper, Idioscopus nitidulus (Walker) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in mango

  • Author: Rakshitha Mouly, T.N. Shivananda, Abraham Verghese

• Screening of okra cultivars and genotypes for their resistance to fruit borers in middle Gujarat

  • Author: K.B. Subbireddy, H. P. Patel, N. B. Patel, T. M. Bharpoda

• Efficacy of plant extracts against Tetranychus urticae under in-vitro conditions

  • Author: K. Premalatha, S. J. Nelson, R. Vishnupriya, S. Balakrishnan, V. P. Santhana Krishnan

• A new report of natural infestation of Fusarium solanion on banana rhizome weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus Germer from Kerala

  • Author: Varsha Vijayan, N. Anitha

• Cover cropping in guava orchards to reduce population of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii

  • Author: Palaparthi Vanitha, K. Poornima, E. Somasundaram

• Species diversity of root knot nematodes infesting vegetable crops in Tamil Nadu

  • Author: R. Sowmya, P. Kalaiarasan, K. Poornima, N. Swarnakumari, M. Kannan

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Incidence of banana skipper, Erionota torus Evans, 1941 (Lepidoptera: Hesperidae) in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh

  • Author: M. Jayashankar, V. Mahesh, Mahendra Devanda

• Effect of botanical extracts against shoot and fruit borer, Earias vittella (Fab.) on bhendi under in vitro condition

  • Author: K. Archunan, M. Pazhanisamy, Y. Hariprasad, S. Sathya, R. Janakiraman

• Incidence pattern of stem borer, Batocera rubus in Moringa

  • Author: D. Srinivasa Reddy, C. Madhumati, T. Hemadri

• Diversity of insect and acarine fauna associated with marigold in northern and eastern parts of India

  • Author: Jaydeep Halder, Atanu Seni, Moulita Chatterjee