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Feeding potential and foraging behaviour of cheilomenes sexmaculata (F.) on cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)
Feeding potential and foraging behavior are complimentary to determine the efficiency of a predator. The predatory potential of both grub and adult stages of Cheilomenes sexmaculata (F.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellida...
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Wheat as a new host for potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae Thomas (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and construction of its age-stage two-sex life tables
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the major global staple food crop that meets the food security demands of various nations across the continents. The recent reduction in wheat production is attributed to several b...
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Age-Stage, Two-Sex Life Table of the Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) on Cabbage and Cauliflower under Laboratory and Field Conditions
Mustard aphid, vernacularly known as turnip aphid, Lipaphis erysimi, is a serious pest of vegetable Brassicas in India. Design of new pest management strategies depends on the life-table parameters. However, life...
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Morphological and molecular diagnosis of platygastrid parasitoid, Allotropa sp. near phenacocca (Hymenoptera) from India and its performance on cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis
Cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) is an invasive sucking pest native to North America, has spread to Central America, and various Asian countries where it extensively d...
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A simple technique for continuous rearing of cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover
Cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover is a cosmopolitan pest which causes huge damage by sucking a vital content of plants, it also transmit viral diseases in various field and horticultural crops. Due to developme...
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Native parasitoid complex of the invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) from Northern India
Biological control of invasive fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is important in Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Surveys were conducted to determine the native pa...
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Interactions of six spotted ladybird beetle, Cheilomenes sexmaculata (F.) with its host Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley and Intraguild members
Cotton is the preferred host of the mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley. The foraging behavior and intraguild interaction studies are important for understanding the predator-prey dynamics and for predator’s...
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Feeding potential and foraging behaviour of Cheilomenes sexmaculata (F.) on the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii glover
Feeding potential and foraging behaviour are two important factors which determine the predator’s efficiency of managing prey. Predator-prey system of Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) and Aphis gossypii Glover...
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Invasion risk of the South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in India: predictions based on MaxEnt ecological niche modelling
The South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a recent invasion in India, causing widespread infestations in tomato crop in the States of central peninsula, especially Ma...
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Genetic homogeneity in South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta: a new invasive pest to oriental region
South American tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is an important invasive pest of Tomato which invaded India and Nepal in 2014 and 2016, respectively. In the present stu...
