Kavya Yadav G. A.

Host Plant Diversity of Planococcus citri and Planococcus lilacinus in Horticultural Ecosystem and their Associated Natural Enemies

Kavya Yadav G. A. & Jayalaxmi Narayan Hegde · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2024

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...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i51943

Evaluation of the Safety of Horticultural Mineral oil to the Predatory Mite, Neoseiulus longispinosus and Acaropathogen, Acremonium zeylanicum

Kavya Yadav G. A. & Haseena Bhaskar · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2024

Laboratory bioassay to evaluate the safety of Horticultural mineral oil (HMO) to the predatory mite, N. longispinosus revealed that HMO is relatively safer to the predator. At the highest concentration evaluated (3.0%) HMO resulted in 38.89 per cent and 22.22 per cent mortality o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i51936