Debanjan Chakraborty

First Report of Carpophilus dimidiatus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Stored Groundnut and Field Maize from West Bengal, India

Debanjan Chakraborty, Shubhayan Dutta, Moulita Chatterjee, Shyamal Kr. Sahoo & Tapan Kumar Hath · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2024

Genus Carpophilus belongs to the family Nitidulidae under the order Coleoptera. Majority of the members under this genus are either sap feeder or fungus feeder. A small number of these, however, is economically categorised as stored grain pests. The commonly known species under t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i102462

First Report of Three Invasive Whitefly Species (Aleyrodidae: Hemiptera) from West Bengal, India

Debanjan Chakraborty & Shyamal Kr. Sahoo · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2023

Invasive insect pests are alien or exotic organisms. These are introduced species to an environment outside their original or native habitat and have an immense power of dispersal and adaptation. Invasive species are responsible for reducing or minimizing the productivity of the...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i82031

First Report of Invasive Thrips, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in chilli from Alipurduar District of West Bengal, India

Moulita Chatterjee, Archisman Biswas, Debanjan Chakraborty, Biswajit Patra & Shyamal Kr. Sahoo · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2024

Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) is one of the important commercial crops grown in almost all the states of India. However, biotic ravages caused by insect pests limit the productivity and quality of this crop. Recently thrips infestation was recorded in chilli crop in Guabar Nagar vil...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i51980