A laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the susceptibility of field populations of the pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), collected from five major cotton-growing tehsils of Bharuch district, Gujarat, during the kharif seasons of 2024-25 and 2025-26. Populat...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i94460
Aims of Study: A two-year field experiments (Kharif 2023 and 2024) were conducted across MCRS, NAU, Surat and RCRS, NAU, Bharuch to monitor the seasonal activity and abundance of major lepidopteran pests through pheromone traps in both Bt (protected and unprotected) and non-Bt (p...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i73556
Investigations on “Effect of potash application on incidence of bollworms in Bt cotton hybrid” were carried out at the Main Cotton Research Station, Surat during Kharif 2018-19 with twelve treatment combinations comprising three levels of potash (K2O) applications (0, 40 and 80 k...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i101476
Host plant resistance is an important component of integrated pest management strategy for jassid resistance. Evaluation of germplasm to identify the stable source of resistance is a predominant step in any resistance breeding programme. In this study, screening of Gossypium hirs...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i34395
Investigations on the population dynamics of aphid Aphis gossypii Glover on Bt (G.Cot.Hy.8 BG II) and non-Bt (G.Cot.Hy.8) were carried out at Main Cotton Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Surat, Gujarat during the Kharif, 2020-21. The incidence of aphids initiate...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i1131101
Investigations on incidence of cotton thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) on Bt and non-Bt cotton hybrid were carried out at Main Cotton Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Surat (Gujarat) during Kharif, 2017-18. The thrips incidence initiated from fourth week of June...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i13851