Bronze birch borer (Agrilus anxius Gory) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a specialist wood-borer endemic to North America, is prone to periodic outbreaks that have caused widespread mortality of birch (Betula spp.) in boreal and north temperate forests. It is also the key pest of birch in ornamental landscapes. Amenity plantings have extended the distribution of birch in North America, for which we...

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...

To address the effect of organic fertilizers on rice insect pests and diseases, an experiment was carried out in Cuulong Delta Rice Research Institute (CLRRI) based on the randomized complete block design with three replications. The treatments were including a combination of four animal manure compost levels (2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0 tons/ha) and four organic fertilizer levels (2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0 ...

Background: Bengal gram or chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is an important pulse crop grown in North India. The pod borer, Helicovera armigera (Hubner) the major biotic constraint production of and causes heavy losses (20-60%) throughout damage caused by borer starts from early stages continues up to vegetative growth, flowering, poding till maturity crop. larvae feeds on leaves, stem, pods seeds...

For controlling stemfly (Opheoniyia phaseoli) and pod borers (Helicoverpa armigera & Maruca vitrata of mungbean insecticides Carbofuran, Carbosulfan, and Phenyl Pyrazol were applied as seed treatment and soil application during kharif II season (August to December) in 2004 and 2005 at Burirhat, Rangpnr. In two years, stemfly infested 86.67-93.33 percent rnunghean plants and caused 26.90-27.09 p...

The present studies on the Efficacy of various insecticides against maize stem borer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) and their cost-benefit analysis at Prayagraj were conducted during field experiment which is laid-out in randomized block design with three replications research department Entomology, Sam Higginbottom University Agriculture, Technology Sciences, Kharif season 2019-2020. Comparing seve...

Tillage can alter the soil habitats wherein many insect pests and their natural enemies reside during at least part of life cycle. To enhance crop productivity reduce climate change effects, conservation agriculture (CA) with reduced-tillage or no-tillage practices have been advocated to farmers. However, information relating effect CA on is very scarce, in Indo-Gangetic region. In this study, ...