Effect of different management modules on Encarsia spp. at different intervals during Kharif, 2015 was studied. Maximum parasitization 32.28 and 31.50% was recorded in T12 [Control (without water spray)] in both the intervals (5- and 10-days interval) followed by 30.30 and 29.85% in T2 nimbecidine...

Heavy metals in soil and water resources pose a grave threat to all forms of life, especially due to their bio-accumulative nature. Out of various low-cost adsorbents that have been applied for the removal of heavy metals from contaminated systems, sawdust is a comparatively unexploited and readily ...

The present study was undertaken to identify economically important NTFPs yielding tree species. Surveys were conducted in 15 local markets in 7 districts of the state and assessment of value-added forest products were also conducted in Van Dhan Vikas Kendra (VDVK), a nationalized minor forest...

This experiment was conducted during kharif seasons (June to September) of 2016 and 2017 at District Seed Farm, Kalyani Simanta of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal, India. The objective of the study was to find out the performance of natural products against maydis leaf blight of...

The present study was conducted at the Department of Seed Science and Technology of Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh to examine the effect of various biopesticides on leaf miner population in Solan Lalima variety of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L) ...

Studies on the bioefficacy of biopesticides and novel insecticides against shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis were undertaken at CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur during 2015 and 2016. The results on bioefficacy showed that chlorantraniliprole resulted in minimum shoot...

Chilli fruit are good antioxidant sources and hold promise as natural ingredients in functional foods. Many other types of carotenoids accumulate in the fruit during the ripening process, for example, β-carotene, violaxanthin, lutein, and zeaxanthin. The present experiment was carried out to Effect ...

Field trails on effectiveness of different IPM modules, including chemicals and cultural methods, against fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) infesting maize, conducted at University Research Farm, BCKV, Gayeshpur, West Bengal during 2021 and 2022, revealed significant reduction in...

Introduction and Aim: Harnessing traditional knowledge of medicinal plants is important for the betterment of mankind. We must safeguard traditional knowledge from misuse by miscreants living in modern societies and knowledge must be available in the public domain for use in drug designing in the...

Melia dubia of Meliaceae family agroforestry tree species indigenous to the Western Ghats region in India and is common in moist deciduous forests of south Gujarat. It has chemically diverse and structurally complex active phytochemicals with no allelopathic influence on understory crops. In...