Conventional and new genetic resources for an eggplant breeding revolution

P Gramazio, D Alonso, A Arrones… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is a major vegetable crop with great potential for genetic
improvement owing to its large and mostly untapped genetic diversity. It is closely related to …

Endophytic ability of indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis strain VKK-BB2: new horizons for the development of novel insect pest-resistant crops

S Pola, AK Kesharwani, J Singh, D Singh… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2022‏ - Springer
Background Brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB), Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee is the key
pest of brinjal that causes a significant yield loss. Farmers spray wide range of insecticides …

[HTML][HTML] Concerted action needed among smallholders when using mass trap** of insect pests

N Nahar, JC Douma, MM Uddin, PW de Jong… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Mass trap** with pheromones is an effective method for controlling insect pests. However,
it is unknown whether this is effective for smallholders with typically fragmented holdings, as …

The importance of alternative host plants as reservoirs of the cotton leaf hopper, Amrasca devastans, and its natural enemies

R Saeed, M Razaq, ICW Hardy - Journal of Pest Science, 2015‏ - Springer
Many agricultural pests can be harboured by alternative host plants but these can also
harbour the pests' natural enemies. We evaluated the capacity of non-cotton plant species …

[PDF][PDF] Biorational management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee) in mid hills of Meghalaya

A Tripura, ML Chatterjee, R Pande… - Journal of Entomology …, 2017‏ - academia.edu
The present field experiments were conducted to evaluate some biorational pesticides
against brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB) under field condition during kharif season of …

Screening of chilli pepper (Capsicum spp.) lines for resistance to the begomoviruses causing chilli leaf curl disease in India

A Srivastava, M Mangal, RK Saritha, P Kalia - Crop protection, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Resistance breeding program relies on identification of stable resistant sources. It starts with
first identifying lines free from disease when screened under field followed by their …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of botanical pesticides against sucking insect pests and their insect predators in brinjal crop

S Kunbhar, LB Rajput, AA Gilal… - … of Entomology and …, 2018‏ - researchgate.net
Sucking pests of brinjal cause significant losses to its yield. Considering the negative
impacts of synthetic pesticides, field studies were conducted to evaluate the impact of neem …

Field evaluation of the long-lasting treated storage bag, deltamethrin incorporated,(ZeroFly® Storage Bag) as a barrier to insect pest infestation

S Paudyal, GP Opit, EA Osekre, FH Arthur… - Journal of Stored …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The deltamethrin incorporated polypropylene (PP) bag, ZeroFly® Storage Bag, is a new
technology to reduce postharvest losses caused by stored-product insect pests. Maize was …

[ספר][B] Arthropod pests of horticultural crops in tropical Asia

R Muniappan - 2012‏ - books.google.com
Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the economy of tropical Asia, but arthropod pests are major
constraints to production. This book consolidates the research on pests of South and …

Disease classification in aubergine with local symptomatic region using deep learning models

AK Rangarajan, R Purushothaman… - Biosystems Engineering, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Usage of Convolutional Neural Network in smartphone for plant disease
detection.•Local symptomatic region for the classification of five diseases in …