Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Identification keys to live and mounted mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) species associated with cassava in India and their present distribution

  • Author: Sunil Joshi, Madhu Subramanian, Smitha Revi, M. Sampath Kumar, M. Mohan

• Integrating entomopathogenic nematodes and microbes for eco-friendly management of brinjal ash weevils, Myllocerus subfasciatus Guerin (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

  • Author: R. Umamaheswari, M. S. Rao, P. N. Ganga Visalakshy, B. R. Jayanthi Mala, R. Pooja

• Dominance of invasive species, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) over the existing chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood on chilli in the southern states of India with a note on its host range: A likely case of species displacement

  • Author: V. Sridhar, R. R. Rachana, N. R. Prasannakumar, V. Venkataravanappa, K. Sireesha, D. Anitha Kumari, K. Madhavi Reddy, Onkara S. Naik, P. Sree Chandana, M. Krishna Reddy

• Morphological characterization of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii (Tylenchida:Meloidogynidae) in guava (Psidium guajava L.) from Tamil Nadu, India

  • Author: N. Ashokkumar, K. Poornima, P. Kalaiarasan, P. Jeyakumar, D. Uma, M. Kavino, S. Dharani

• Evaluation of insecticides and biorationals against bud worm, Hendecasis duplifascialison Hampson on Jasmine

  • Author: Hanumanthappa Shrihari, A. Prabhuraj, Arunkumar Hosamani, Sushila Nadagouda

• Effectiveness and economic evaluation of new generation insecto-acaricides against thrips and mites in green chilli

  • Author: Jaydeep Halder, A. T. Rani, P. A. Divekar

• Interception of Venturia inaequalis, a pathogen of quarantine significance in apple shipments imported into India

  • Author: D. K. Nagaraju, S. Ravichandaran, V. Prakasam, H. P. Ramesh, P. Mohanta, A. K. Bohria, OM Prakash Verma, Ravi Prakash

• Efficacy of seed extracts of Samadera indica Gaetrn. for the management of epilachna beetle, Henosepilachna septima (Dieke)

  • Author: S. Remya, M. S. Nisha

• Impact of crop geometry and fertilizer doses on the population density of insect-pests on pole bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under net house conditions

  • Author: Swagatika Sahoo, R. S. Giraddi, S. Kandakoor, M. S. Biradar

• Molecular diagnosis of Chilli veinal mottle virus causing mosaic in Capsicum (Capsicum annum var. grossum Sendt)

  • Author: M. V. Praful, B. Anjaneya Reddy, R. K. Ramachandra, M. Krishna Reddy

• Incidence and intensity of melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) under different weather regimes of semi arid region of Rajasthan

  • Author: Suresh Jakhar, Vipin Kumar, B. L. Jakhar, A.S. Baloda

• Status of Rugose spiralling whitefly (Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin) in Konkan region of Maharashtra

  • Author: S. M. Wankhede, V. V. Shinde, S.L. Ghavale

• Population dynamics of defoliating insect pests of mango in the coastal agroecosystem of Tamil Nadu

  • Author: P. Manikandan, K. Suguna, M. Saravanaraman

• Management of thrips through strategically developed IPM modules in cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) in a semi-arid region

  • Author: N. K. Meena, K. Kant, R. S. Meena, R. Singh, R.D. Meena, S. N. Saxena

• Efficacy of different plant extracts against leafminer, Liriomyza huidobrensis Blanchard in potato

  • Author: S. S. Monica, B. Vinothkumar, S. V. Krishnamoorthy, L. Rajendran

• Studies on insecticide usage pattern and pesticide residues in commercially grown curry leaf crop

  • Author: M. Nagulananthan, G. Ravi, N. Balakrishnan, D. Lenin Raja

• Impact of methyl jasmonate on Tetranychus urticae Koch in grapes Cv. Thompson Seedless

  • Author: Pushpalatha, A. M. Nadaf, Venkateshalu, D. A. Peerajade, S. Raghavendra, G. Manjunath

• Temperature dependent development, reproduction and population performance of Tetranychus hirsutus Zeity & Srinivasa (Acari: Tetranychidae), on medicinal herb, Gymnema sylvestre

  • Author: A. A. Safeena Majeed, N. Srinivasa

• First report of Tuberaphis xinglongensis (Zhang, 1982) from India on Areca catechu Linnaeus with morphological re-description and molecular characterization

  • Author: Sunil Joshi, Sharanabasappa S. Deshmukh, Rakshit Ojha, S. K. Jalali, H. B. Pavithra, C. M. Kalleshwara Swamy

• Insecticidal activity of native Bacillus species against brinjal shoot and fruit Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

  • Author: P. Sunitha, Vinay K. Kalia

• Taxonomic identification of certain species of Popillia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)

  • Author: G. Anil Kumar, D. Jemla Naik, Kolla Sreedevi

• Antennal morphology and sexual dimorphism of the ash weevil, Myllocerus subfasciatus Guerin (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

  • Author: B. R. Jayanthi Mala, S. V. Krishnamoorthy, P. D. Kamala Jayanthi, N. Sathiah, N. Karthika

• Bioactivity of Trans-cinnamaldehyde against Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

  • Author: A. A. Nischala, S. Jeyarajan Nelson, V. Balasubramani, V. P. Sathanakrishnan, A. Lakshmanan, K. Rajamani

• Assessment of cross-resistance in South American tomato moth, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

  • Author: N. R. Prasannakumar, N. Jyothi, G. Ramkumar, R. Asokan, V. Sridhar

• Effect of Pochonia chlamydosporia formulations on root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita infestation in medicinal coleus, Coleus forskohlii

  • Author: N. Swarnakumari

• Integrated management of Phytophthora capsici Leon in sweet pepper

  • Author: G. M. Sandeep Kumar, S. Sriram, T. Narendrappa, R. Venugopalan

• Status of the outbreak of Thrips parvispinus (Karny) on chilli in Karnataka

  • Author: N. R. Prasannakumar, V. Venkataravanappa, R.R. Rachana, V. Sridhar, M.R. Govindappa, M.P. Basavarajappa, K.J. Hemalatha, D.S. Aswathnarayana, M. Krishna Reddy, D.K. Samuel

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Fungicidal action of monopotassium phosphite against plant pathogenic fungi

  • Author: Donyo Ganchev

• A report on foliar damage by beetles of Holotrichia serrata (F.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on French bean

  • Author: Kolla Sreedevi, Judith Corolin Correya, N. V. Veena, M. Mohan

• Efficacy of organic amendments against root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) on bell pepper in a naturally ventilated poly-house

  • Author: Meghraj Meena, M. K. Sharma, C. P. Nama

• Sporadic outbreak of curry leaf tortoise beetle, Silana farinosa (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Shivamogga, Karnataka, India

  • Author: Shashank R. Pathour, N. N. Rajgopal, S. N. Bhagyasree, Kolla Sreedevi

• An ecosystem service to a horticultural farm by the spotted owlet, Athene brama (Temminck)

  • Author: Abraham Verghese, C. B. Soumya, S. Devi Thangam