Field trials were laid in the farmer’s holdings at Kaalipalayam, Coimbatore district during August, 2011 to November, 2011 to assess the efficacy of selected botanical insecticides against aphids, thrips, leaf miners and defoliators infesting Solanum nigrum. The results of the experiments revealed that among the treatments, foliar spray of profenophos is found to be the best treatment for the m...

eucalyptus species are cultivated in homogeneous plantations in brazil, mainly to supply woodfor the cellulose and steel industries, which favors the establishment of insect pests. the objective was todetermine the geographical distribution and structure abundance of lepidoptera defoliators of eucalypt.primary pest species of eucalypt of the order lepidoptera were found in all areas sampled and...

eucalyptus species are cultivated in homogeneous plantations in brazil, mainly to supply woodfor the cellulose and steel industries, which favors the establishment of insect pests. the objective was todetermine the geographical distribution and structure abundance of lepidoptera defoliators of eucalypt.primary pest species of eucalypt of the order lepidoptera were found in all areas sampled and...

Spodoptera litura (F.) is one of most important defoliators occurring in Uttarakhand causing significant losses to crops. Its occurrence the different regions was explored through survey conducted from 2018-2020. Environmental variables for current and future climatic scenario were used Maxent software Species Distribution Modelling, QGIS 3.22 map processing. These analyses results revealed tha...

The Southern armyworm Spodoptera eridania (Stoll) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a polyphagous defoliator having wide host range including Soybean. They are one of the important defoliators in tropical and subtropical regions hemisphere. However, this pest reported for first time from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India on Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merill].