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 susceptibility of 18 crops to infestation by Meloidogyne incognita was evaluated in pots with sandy loam soil and in an infested field in Punjab, India. Nematode population was evaluated at 20 months after the inoculation of plants in pots or at 24 months after planting in the infested field....

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...

Current scenario indicated that there are 90 insect and mite species comprising of 161 pests on 15 fruit crops grown under Punjab conditions compared to 61 pests belonging to 44 species in upto 1998. There have been 163.9 per cent increase in the number of insect and mite pests and 104.5 per cent...

The aim of this study was to document the various types of pickles prepared by respondents of different states in India. 10 women from each state (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab and Rajasthan) residing in Dharwad (Karnataka) were randomly selected for interview on...

The hot arid region of North-West India spreading over the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana constitutes nearly 91% area of total 31.7 miles/ha of the arid zone. The arid zone has well defined climate characterized by low rainfall, high temperature, poor soil fertility and limited...

The present investigation was carried out at Punjab Agricultural University, Regional Fruit Research Station, Bahadurgarh, Patiala during 2018-19 with an objective to standardize propagation techniques and optimize time of grafting in sapota under North Indian Conditions. For this purpose, sapota...

Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are major pests of a wide range of crops and ornamental plants worldwide. Their high degree of morphological similarity makes them difficult to identify and limits their study and management. In the present study, four Indian populations of mango mealybug (...

Manilkara achras L., commonly called sapota, is one of the major fruit crops commercially grown in India. Though India leads in world sapota production, the major problems in sapota are low fruit setting and yield. Hence, we studied these aspects in the commercially grown sapota cv. Kalipatti in...

A new distribution map is provided for Tessaratoma papillosa (Drury). Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae. Main hosts: litchi (Litchi chinensis), longan (Dimocarpus longan), also Citrus spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Fujian, Guangdong, ...