Chandra Shekhar Prabhakar

First Report of Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) as an Emerging Insect Pest of Maize in India

Chandra Shekhar Prabhakar, Prakash Singh, Srinivasaraghavan A., Kalmesh Managanvi & Reyaz Ahmad · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2023

The green stink bug Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is an economic insect pest of many cultivated plants around the world.Recently, high population of green stink bug were observedin maize crop during March–May 2020 in Bihar, a leading state of maize producti...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i193697

First Global Host Report and New Distribution Record of Bactrocera penecorrecta Drew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Bihar, India

Amit Kumar, Maneesh Pal Singh, Gautam Kunal, Mukesh Kumar Sinha & Chandra Shekhar Prabhakar · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2024

This study showed that brinjal, Solanum melongena Linnaeus is the first global host of the fruit fly, Bactrocera penecorrecta Drew (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Bihar, North India. Earlier report of B. penecorrecta was from Kerala, South India. In the present investigation, B. pene...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i101571