Given the challenges posed to agriculture by future climatic changes, and the need to
reduce environmental impacts, a key challenge is to develop resilient food production …

Single crops become a centre for the attack from arthropod pests. Aphids, thrips, whiteflies,
coccids and mites are pests, tiny sap-sucking arthropods having a high infestation rate, due …

The studies on the population dynamics of Aphis craccivora (Koch) were conducted during
2008–2011. This pest is a serious pest in the agricultural fields of Vadodara, India. The …

Field experiment was conducted to study the population dynamics of potential bioagents of
mustard aphids on 9 different cultivars which included: Brassica alba cv. PSB-I, Eruca sativa …

Six wheat varieties were screened under Bahawalpur conditions for infestation of aphid
species complex during 2014-15. Infestation of aphid population and their natural enemies …

Urban agriculture (UA) is multifunctional, characterized by many different forms and
functions, from food production to ecological and social sustainability (Renting et al., 2016) …

This chapter looks at the abundance on crops of several aphid species and what
explanations for the patterns observed can be proposed from field-derived evidence …

For two successive years, a survey was conducted of entomopathogenic fungi associated
with two naturally infected predatory insect species on different plantations of the Nile Delta …

To the almighty creator, I remain thankful for everything I have. Next to God, I offer my
profound indebtedness to my parents who have brought me in this world and kindled in me …

The purpose of this study was carried out to find out the seasonal abundance of predatory
coccinellid species in various crop ecosystems at Pantnagar. Four species viz., Coccinella …