Higher plants are ubiquitously colonized with fungal endophytes that often lack readily detectable structures. Current study examines the distribution of endophytic fungal communities within Karanja plants and diversity of novel fungal endophyte Alternaria solani isolates collected from different locations of Sanganer region of Rajasthan. Results confirmed that A. solani is a major fungal endop...

Crude and purified extracts of non edible seed.of Pongamia glabra ( Karanja) were tested for their toxicity growth and development against the 2 instar larvae of the American bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) a serious pest of cotton. Larvae reared on synthetic diet at concentrations of 1 and 0.5% of P. glabra exhibited 100% mortality, whereas at sublethal concentrations of 0.05% and 0.01...

The increasing scarcity of active substances approved for use in plant protection is reflected the growing effort to find suitable alternatives. Products based on oils could provide a promising environmentally friendly solution. In previous research laboratory conditions, synergistic effect neem and karanja Leptinotarsa decemlineata (CPB) larvae was observed. aim this current study verify wheth...