Spiders are important predatory organisms in the orchards. Keeping in view their role in the natural biological control, the present studies were conducted from May 2012 to October 2019 in orchards belonging to 21 fruit crops, viz. apple (Malus sp.), amla (Phyllanthus emblica), citrus (Citrus...

The mineral composition of the following fruits was determined: guava cultivars Allahabad Sefeda and Red Fleshed; banana cv. Harichal, ripe and unripe; grapefruit cultivars Ruby, Marsh Seedless and Duncun; lemon cv. Seedless; lime cv. Kagzi; China orange; sweet orange cultivars Malta, Valencia,...

Thrips fauna of Punjab have been poorly studied despite their significance on fruit and ornamental plants. Surveys and surveillances were, therefore, carried out in the six agro-ecological zones of the Indian Punjab since 2004, to study the biodiversity of thrips species on fruit crops and...

The present study aimed to determine the antioxidant activity and phytochemical contents in 10 underutilized fruits of Andaman Islands (India) namely Malpighia glabra L., Mangifera andamanica L., Morinda citrifolia L., Syzygium aqueum (Burm.f) Alst., Annona squamosa L., Averrhoa carambola L., ...

In nutshell, invasive species causes serious threat to the natural ecosystem. Severe and up surging phenomenon of exotic rugose spiraling whitefly (RSW), Aleurodicus rugioperculatus (Martin) became a major concern in global crop production. The present study aimed to document and assesses the host...

Sapota, a prominent and economically important fruit crop of India is susceptible to several species of insect and mite pests. Several pesticides formulations are used to control the pest damage in sapota. The present investigation was aimed to study the dissipation and persistence behaviour of...

Occurrence of land snail, Macrochlamys indica Godwin-Austen, 1883 (Gastropoda: Ariophantidae) in citrus (Kinnow mandarin and its rootstock Jatti khatti) and guava nursery of Punjab, India is reported. This species has been observed as an important mollusc pest of citrus and guava nursery plants in...

White grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) are polyphagous pests with a wide host range including several commercially important crops. Surveys conducted in different parts of the country covering six states (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh) during 2015-18 revealed the ...

Fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) and Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) are highly destructive pests of peach, pear, guava and Kinnow mandarin causing up to 80, 70, 100 and 60-80% fruit infestation, respectively. These fruit flies are very difficult to manage due to the fact that they are...

The physical properties of jack fruit seed are essential for the design and facilities for the harvesting handling conveying, separation, drying, aeration, storing, and processing. Various types of cleaning, grading and separation equipments are designed on the basis of their physical properties....