The research work was undertaken at Central Research Farm (CRF) Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences SHUATS, Naini, Prayagraj during rabi season in 2022 -23 consists eight treatments including control viz, T1- NSKE 5% @ , T2- Neem Oil 5%, T3-Bacillus thuringiensis@ 5mg/ml, T4-Beauveria bassiana@ 1×1010 conidia/ml, T5-Profenofos 40% + Cypermethrin 4% EC, T6 – Spinos...

Cacao is a promising high-value crop in the Philippines and considered one of key players globally providing raw materials for chocolate making. However, before can take this market opportunity, production constraints from various pests should be addressed. The cacao pod borer (CPB), Conopomorpha cramerella , major insect Philippines, which cause up to 50% annual loss or even higher if proper m...

The effects of biotic and abiotic factors on stem borer parasitoid diversity, abundance, and parasitism were studied in cultivated and natural habitats in four agroecological zones in Kenya. Comparing habitat types, we found partial support for the "natural enemy" hypothesis, whereby, across all localities, parasitoid diversity was higher in more diverse host plant communities in natural habita...

Plant resistance is a promising control method for the two most damaging insect pests of maize, Zea mays L.: the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner), and the western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte. Fifteen experimental lines of maize, derived from a backcross breeding program designed to introgress resistance to European corn borer from Peruvian maize into tw...