An investigation was carried out to isolate, identify and molecularly characterize the
cellulose-degrading bacterial isolates from the guts of four white grub species (Anomala …

Agricultural soils and open fields from Western Uttar Pradesh (India) were surveyed to
determine the presence of entomopathogenic nematodes. From the entomopathogenic …

Abstract White grubs (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) are subterranean pests of several
economically important crops all over the world. The phytophagous larvae from the …

Melolontha is an important genus of the subfamily Melolonthinae and the tribe Melolonthini.
It is a major polyphagous pest of different agricultural crops and forest trees. The adults of …

Genus Heterorrhina belongs to subfamily Cetoniinae. They diurnal by nature and are called
fruit beetles and flower chafers. They are frequent visitiors of flowers for nectar from pollen …

Morphometric variation among three different geographical populations of the predominant
white grub species, Holotrichia serrata (F.)(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) was studied through …

The study was conducted between 2021 and 2022 to investigate the dung beetle species in
the Sindh province of Pakistan. A total of 31 specimens of dung beetle specimens were …

The scarabaeid beetles are the most common leaf chafers, whereas larvae or white grubs
are among the most destructive soil pests. These are polyphagous pests both in grub and …

Abstract “C-shaped” white grubs or root grubs are commonly occurring, soil-inhabiting
polyphagous insects and they cause economic losses in several crops. The species of white …

White grubs cause serious yield losses in high-value crops, mainly sugarcane, groundnut,
maize and potato, and biological control through entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes is …