Friends any good book on biosystematics of eriophyiid mites?

02 March 2017 4,641 0 View

Can any one explain the role of carbon on incidence of insect pests?

can any one explain the role of carbon on incidence of insect pests?

09 October 2016 2,895 1 View

What are the control measures of linseed gall fly?

what are the control measures of linseed gall fly?

09 October 2016 4,232 2 View

Why neem based pesticides are not popular among farmers?

Why neem based pesticides are not popular among farmers, every one know its good for environment and other benefits

08 September 2016 3,047 3 View

What are ITKs for the management of stored grain pests?

what are ITKs for the management of stored grain pests in different parts of india and world please reply

08 September 2016 7,171 1 View

Why we are not using biocontrol agents so effectively?

We all are talking about various biological control methods and its merits but what is the reason due to which it is still not adopted by the farmers

08 September 2016 3,580 4 View

How we use biotechnology to improve insect natural enemies?

Please let me know the use of modern biotechnological tools in the improvement of natural enemies of insect pests in important crops thanks

08 September 2016 5,920 4 View

What are the factors responsible for resistance development in insects?

what are the factors responsible for resistance development in insects? let me know various points .

08 September 2016 9,243 2 View

How we can use ITK's in IPM?

08 September 2016 7,162 1 View

Why NPV is recommended during evening hours ?

We always suggest the farmers to use NPV during evening (to protect from UV) but what are other reasons any one reply

08 September 2016 6,159 4 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

Are these moths Spodoptera frugiperda?

The caterpillars of the moths were collected as fruitborers in pepper at a farmer. I reared them till the adults hatched and compared them with pictures and descriptions on the internet. Are these...

24 February 2021 7,785 5 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

Purification of proteins from baculovirus-infected insect cells?

18 February 2021 6,665 6 View

Extraction of DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel?

Hi everybody, can anybody suggest how to extract DNA from insect samples conserved in silica gel (in my case, mosquitoes)? Does anybody know a commericial kit which does that or a particular...

10 February 2021 3,392 4 View

How do I prepare and store insect samples for JH measurements?

I need to preserve termite samples for future quantification of juvenile hormone in their bodies. Or extract the Juvenile Hormone and keep that samples stored for future quantification. I may need...

09 February 2021 1,995 1 View

Working with insect primary cells in cell medium and in saline solution?

I work with insect primary cells, which I let grow in TC100 insect medium. For fluorescence measurements I have to discard medium (because of its fluorescence properties) and give a saline...

28 January 2021 3,867 1 View

How to extract a single stranded DNA from a double stranded DNA sample isolated from stem borer(rice affecting insect) ?

How to extract a single-stranded DNA from a double-stranded DNA sample isolated from stem borer(rice affecting insect)? As I need to amplify ss Dna using a COX-1 marker having primer sequence as...

22 January 2021 3,424 3 View

Detection of insect eggs in stored and processed products?

Currently, in order to identify insect eggs in stored or processed products (such as contaminated flour or wafer samples), staining was performed based on the method mentioned in the below...

15 January 2021 6,362 5 View