Application of molecular biology in entomology has rendered pest control specific, environmentally friendly, and sustainable. In this review, advances in the molecular techniques applied to the characterization of insect biology, behavior, and plant-insect interactions with parti...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92904
Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Lakshmi Pandey, Vandana Yadav, Suraj Soni, Sonam Tiwari, Vaibhav Kumar, Arvind Kumar, Sourabh Maheshwari & Preeti Yadav·Journal of Scientific Research and Reports·2025
Control of insect pests has been revolutionized by the strength of biotechnology with the emergence of biopesticides and transgenic crops having high molecular specificity against target insects and low dependence on traditional chemical insecticides. Biotech-based biopesticides...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i83447
The field investigation was carried out to study the evaluation of certain insecticides against rice gundhi bug. The experiment was conducted in a Randomized Block Design with three replications and eight treatments on Rice var. ‘NDR-2065’. It was observed that all treated plots...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2025/v37i55439
Mustard is an important rabi oilseed crop in India that is attacked by several major insect pests such as aphid, sawfly, cabbage butterfly, and painted bug, which cause significant yield losses. Their population dynamics are strongly influenced by weather factors like temperature...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2026/v29i63996
The adolescent years are a golden opportunity to tackle nutritional deficiencies, especially in rural Jalaun District, where anaemia is rampant among adolescent girls due to poverty and limited healthcare access. Finger millet, or ragi, a drought-resistant, iron-rich cereal, was...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i73324
This study evaluated the bio-efficacy of various biorational insecticides against the mustard aphid (Lipaphis erysimi) in mustard (Brassica juncea) over two Rabi seasons (2023-24 and 2024-25) at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The experiment, conducted using a Randomized Block Design, tes...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i113860
Biochar is produced through pyrolysis of waste plant materials. Application of Biochar to rice fields has yielded encouraging results regarding the enhancement of soil fertility and enhancing crop productivity. It helps in keeping nutrients in the soil and lowering nutrient leach...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i93001