Hymenoptera is a very diverse insect order, including a variety of insects such as ants, bees and wasps. Wasps are unique in their lifestyles relative to other hymenopterans, but they have not received as much recognition as ants and bees. They inhabit all ice-free environments o...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i93769
Surveys were carried out in different districts viz., Shivamogga, Davangere and Chitradurga of Karnataka to collect and document hymenopteran parasitoids parasitizing insect pests attacking different crop ecosystems. A total of 42 hymenopteran parasitoids species represented by 3...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i34067
Mealybugs, Planococcus spp. (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are economically important pests which are highly polyphagous on many horticultural plants. Surveys have been conducted to study the diversity of host plants of P. citri and P. lilacinus and their natural enemies in differen...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i51943
Soil arthropods play a vital role in soil systems, through decomposition, nutrient cycling and regulation of microbial communities. The study examining effects of farming practices (Natural farming, Organic farming and Inorganic farming) on abundance and diversity of soil arthrop...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i111662
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) was the member of noctuidae family which has got economic importance as polyphagous and extreme pest of many important crops, including maize in India and elsewhere. In this context, screening experiment was conducted by using 15 different ma...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i52379
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a member of the Noctuidae family which has economic importance as a polyphagous and extreme pest of many important crops, including maize in India and elsewhere. In this context, an experiment regarding the influence of different dates of...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i4742
Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), commonly known as brinjal shoot and fruit borer is a dreaded pest in India. The bio efficacy of insecticides and biorationals has been test verified in managing fruit and shoot borer through logical sequential schedules. The r...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2024/v14i13885
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is one of the polyphagous invasive insect to India, initially reported from Karnataka. A roving survey was conducted during two cropping seasons at fortnightly interval at kharif and rabi of 2019-2020 to know the status of the pest in Haveri...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i4741