Abstract Background Biological control of insect pests is an economic, eco-friendly and harmless approach to integrated pest management strategies. Bracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) considers a polyphagous ectoparasitoid various the order Lepidoptera. The parasitized host insects' defense mechanisms are triggered as result parasitic wasps' injury penetration. Thus, induce cellular ...

The green lacewing, Mallada basalis (Walker) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), is one of the most important natural enemies used in biological control programs for forestry and agricultural pests. However, it is difficult to mass rear M. basalis instars because they are voracious cannibals. This study was conducted to determine the effect of cannibalism on the development and fecundity of M. basalis. ...

Some new Sb(III) and As(III) complexes of N∩S donor ligands N’[1-(2-oxo-2H-chrome-3yl-ethylidene] hydrazinecarbodithionic acid methyl ester (L1H) and N’ [1-(2-oxo-2H-chrome-3yl ethylidene] -hydrazinecarbodithionic acid benzyl ester (L2H) have been synthesized. All the synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental analyses, melting point determinations and a combination of electronic, IR...

Combining a biotin-enrichment protocol and 454GS-FLX titanium pyrosequencing technology, we characterised 22 polymorphic microsatellite loci from the parasitic wasp, Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a cosmopolitan species commonly used in biological control against a wide range of both major lepidopterous pests of stored products and fi eld crops in different parts of the wo...

The vast diversity of nematodes has adapted to endure in different trophic groups as free living and parasites plants animals. In search potential entomopathogenic (EPNs), soil samples were collected from, the rhizosphere Apple orchard Darima, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India north-western Himalaya August 2019. whole experimental activity carried out at ICAR-Vivekanada Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan S...