Aside being a key nocturnal Agricultural pest, the two spotted cricket is an important source of protein for humans and livestock. While control is largely by synthetic pesticides, collection is majorly through hand picking and pouring of water into their burrows. In this study, we determined their phototactic response to LED and incandescent bulb light of different colours. An experiment was s...

give faint yellow crystals, m.p. 235°. It was soluble in NaHCO3 solution and gave brown coloration with FeCl3. Anal. Found: C, 66.76, 66.37; H, 5.44, 5.37. Acetylation of (I)-A mixture of 10g. of (I), 100cc. of Ac2O and 20 drops of conc. H2SO4 was warmed on a water bath for 3hr. and after cooling, the mixture was poured into ice water. Brown precipitates that separated out were treated with MeO...

We determined the effects of yolk water-soluble protein (YSP) on bone resorption. YSP potently suppressed osteoclastogenesis from bone marrow-derived precursor cells driven by tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). YSP (200 microg/ml) abolished the formation of tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)-positive osteoclasts. Furthermore, TNF-alpha induced TRAP activity was greatly inhibited ...

some safer strategies were designed and evaluated for management of apical leaf curling (chilcv) in chilli capsicum annum l. and its vectors. the strategies were designed emphasizing on the repellent crop theory and the components like physical barrier, adult-trapping, plant sanitation, foliar application of phytochemicals and minimal application of synthetic organic pesticide. the crop was inf...

Monitoring of pear psylla (Cacopsylla pyricola (Förster), Hemiptera: Psyllidae) prior to spring bud break could aid in predicting the size of subsequent spring populations and lead to improved proactive management decisions. Yellow traps are commonly used to monitor hemipteran pests including pear psylla, but very little is known regarding seasonal changes in attractiveness of yellow traps or r...

Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) is the most damaging pest of cherries in Europe and Western Asia it has been recently introduced North America. Females sting ripening tolerance damaged fruit very low (<2%). The management this mainly based on insecticide applications near harvest. Only a few insecticides are authorized for use Europe, repeated them likely entails environmental risks, resistance to re...

BACKGROUND: Legionella spp. in groundwater sources have been reported to be the cause of waterborne infections, specifically Legionnaire’s Disease and Pontiac Fever. Legionellae are known to be ubiquitous in surface waters, but much less is known about their occurrence in groundwater, which is the source of potable water for millions in North America. Federal drinking water regulations may not ...

Small carnivores are able to adapt patchy forests and human dominated landscape in proximity water sources. carnivore’s population is declining due anthropogenic effects, most of the areas, their occurrence little known. We aimed identify spatial crab-eating mongoose, factors affecting species coexistence with other using camera trap. The mongoose mostly preferred shrub-land habitat (65%) follo...