Volume 32, Issue 1, March 2018

Research Articles

• First record of Encarsia formosa Gahan, an aphelinid parasitoid of greenhouse whitefly from India and its dynamics on tomato grown under protected environment

  Vinay Singh, A. K. Sood (Author)

  1-7

  Keywords:

  Encarsia formosa, management, protected cultivation, Trialeurodes vaporariorum

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  Abstract views: 425 times| Download: 115 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/16317

• On the collections of predatory thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from NE India

  R. Varatharajan, K. Nishikanta Singh, R. R. Rachana (Author)

  8-13

  Keywords:

  Bio-Control, Hotspots of NE India, Species Diversity, Thysanoptera

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  Abstract views: 225 times| Download: 100 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/16149

• Plasticity in predation behaviour of carabid beetles in agro-ecosystems

  N. Yaiphabi Chanu, R. Nagar, A. K. Meena, R. Swaminathan (Author)

  14-19

  Keywords:

  Calosoma, Chlaenius, Feeding Behaviour, Functional Response

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  Abstract views: 143 times| Download: 99 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/16401

• Thrips and their natural enemies in different ornamental plants of Himachal Pradesh

  Suman Sanjta, Usha Chauhan, Pawan Kumar Mehta (Author)

  20-24

  Keywords:

  Himachal Pradesh, natural enemies, ornamental, thrips

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  Abstract views: 223 times| Download: 139 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/17883

• Biodiversity and predatory potential of coccinellids of rice ecosystems

  Chitra Shanker, M. Sampathkumar, V. Sunil, S. Amudhan, G. Sravanthi, B. Jhansirani, J. Poorani, Gururaj Katti (Author)

  25-30

  Keywords:

  Biodiversity, BPH, coccinellids, predatory potential, rice, WBPH

  Entomology

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  Abstract views: 235 times| Download: 91 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/17912

• Optimized binning technique in decision tree model for predicting the Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) incidence on cotton

  M. Pratheepa, J. Cruz Antony, Chandish R. Ballal, H. Bheemanna (Author)

  31-36

  Keywords:

  Bin optimization, decision tree, discretization, Helicoverpa armigera, IF-THEN rules, pest prediction

  Pest prediction models

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  Abstract views: 180 times| Download: 98 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/18163

• Seasonal population dynamics of spider mite, Tetranychus ludeni Zacher (Tetranychidae) and associated predatory mite, Neoseiulus sp. nr. neoghanii (Phytoseiidae) on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. var. Solan gola: Solanaceae) f

  Vijay Singh, Usha Chauhan (Author)

  37-40

  Keywords:

  Biological control, mite, phytophagous, predator

  Biological Control

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  Abstract views: 158 times| Download: 88 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/16207

• Susceptibility of white grub, Brahmina coriacea (Hope) infesting potato to local strains of Beauveria brongniartii (Saccardo) in Himachal Pradesh

  Saurbh Soni, P. K. Mehta, R. S. Chandel (Author)

  41-47

  Keywords:

  Brahmina coriacea, Beauveria brongniartii, Himachal Pradesh, potato, susceptibility

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  Abstract views: 153 times| Download: 93 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/16288

• Population dynamics and new record of larval parasitoids, Senometopia sp. and Winthemia sumatrensis (Townsend) (Diptera: Tachinidae) on banana skipper, Erionota torus Evans (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from South Karnataka

  Sharanabasappa, C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, M. S. Maruthi, Hiroshi Shima (Author)

  48-51

  Keywords:

  Banana, Erionota torus, population dynamics, Senometopia sp., Winthemia sumatrensis

  Population dynamics

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  Abstract views: 128 times| Download: 93 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/18744

• Molecular mechanisms adopted by abiotic stress tolerant Pseudomonas fluorescens (NBAII-PFDWD) in response to in vitro osmotic stress

  Karkera Ashwitha, Rajagopal Rangeshwaran, Gopalsamy Sivakumar (Author)

  52-61

  Keywords:

  MALDI- TOF, osmotic potential, osmotic stress, Pseudomonas fluorescens, PEG 6000

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  Abstract views: 118 times| Download: 90 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/20019

• Evaluation of oil based formulation of Beauveria bassiana (Bb 112) (Bals.) Vuill. and delivery methods for the management of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood

  K. Muruga Sridevi, S. Jeyarani, K. Ramaraju (Author)

  62-67

  Keywords:

  Beauveria bassiana, chilli thrips, CDA sprayer, field, microplot, oil based formulation

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  Abstract views: 177 times| Download: 111 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/16438

• A Bayesian classification approach for predicting Gesonia gemma Swinhoe population on soybean crop in relation to abiotic factors based on economic threshold level

  J. Cruz Antony, M. Pratheepa (Author)

  68-73

  Keywords:

  Abiotic, Bayesian classification, Gesonia gemma, Naí¯ve population dynamics, soybean

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  Abstract views: 145 times| Download: 91 times| https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2018/16309