The studies were carried out during premonsoon and monsoon season. 2000 atSKUAST(J). Vegetable Reseaich Farm, Pounichak. Adult B. cucurbitae population was monitored by using attractant (bait) traps which consists of molasses 100 ml impregnated with malathion (2.00%) The first trap catches of B. cucurbitae adults was recorded during 21st standard week (27-5-2000) w...

Study on bio-intensive integrated pest management of major insect pests of brinjal (Solanum melongena Guen.) was carried out at Entomological field, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha for two consecutive year during 2014 and 2015. The studies revealed that the more than 29 insect pests specie were associated with brin...

Studies were conducted to understand the ecological adaptability, insect-plant interaction for enhancing the biological potential, physiological and biochemical basis of diapause and its possible manipulation and to evaluate post release ecological impact of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister on early flushes of Parthenium hysterophorus L. in Jammu region. It was reve...

The investigation on the "Biology and management of bean aphid, Aphis craccivora (Koch) on mung crop" was conducted during kharif, 1999 at RARS, R.S.Pura and Pulses Research Sub-Station, Samba, SKUAST, Jammu. The female laid 32.15 + 6.38, 15.25 + 4.65, 38.25 ± 9.09 and 63.60 ± 7.08 nymphs in her life span during July, August, September and October with average temp...

The investigation on the "Biology and management of mustard sawfly, Athalia lugens proxima (Klug) on mustard crop" was conducted during Rabi 1998-99 at RARS, R.S.Pura, SKUAST, Jammu. The male and female mated soon after emergence. The female started laying eggs within 3-6 hours after first mating. Eggs were laid singly within the leaf tissue close to leaf margin an...

The weevil Alcidodes porrectirostris Marshall is a monophagous pest of walnut Juglans regia L. and is responsible for large scale damage of latter especially in Jammu region of J&K. The present day control measures of walnut weevil exclusively rely on application of commercial pesticides. The widespread development of resistance to chemical insecticides and the eff...

Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris brassicae (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), is a cosmopolitan destructive pest which can cause extensive damage at all the growing stages of Cole crops such as seedling, vegetative and flowering stages. Investigations were carried out to isolate and bioprospect naturally occurring GVs as potent biopesticides against P. brassicae. Explora...

Kashi Anmol, Kashi Gaurav and LCA-408 were found to be moderately resistant. The varieties LCA-402, Surja coll, Kalyanpur Chanchal, Punjab Lal, P.T-12-3, Pant C-1, CMB-4 and CH-1 were found moderately The present experiment on Biorational management of Mites in chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) was conducted at Chatha farm, SKUAST- Jammu from August 2018 till the harvest...

The present investigations on “Diversity and abundance of insect pests associated with medicinal plants in Jammu” was conducted at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu during 2020-21 with the aim to record the diversity, incidence and nature of damage of entomofauna associated with medicinal plants viz., Terminalia chebula Retz...

The present study entitled “Diversity and ecosystem services by mud dauber wasps in outer plains of Jammu” was conducted during May-August 2021 in four locations viz. Jammu, Kathua, Samba and Udhampur. Diversity and feeding habits of mud dauber wasps were explored in which exploratory surveys were carried out. Species composition and distribution were studied along...

Studies on the “Diversity and incidence of insect pests in vegetables grown under protected cultivation and their management” were carried out during 2020. The studies revealed entomofauna associated with tomato under protected cultivation includes, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess), Spo...

The studies were conducted to determine the insect pollinators visiting apple flowers, there foraging behaviour in relation to weather parameters and impact of insect pollination on qualitative and quantitative parameters of apple with special reference to Apis cerana F. The studies revealed that Apple flowers attracted insects belonging to five orders which includ...