Worldwide, wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is playing a significant role in meeting the global
food security; however to cope up with the booming human population, pressure on natural …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the most commonly grown cereal crops in the world. It
is the second most important food crop after rice in India. Wheat production is severely …

Host plant resistance (HPR) is the most promising alternative to aphidicides used to control
bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi L. infestation in wheat. A variety of experiments …

In order to sustain the wheat production in North-western plains of India, a study was
conducted to test the integrated pest management (IPM) module with commonly used …

Wheat, Triticum aestivum L. is an important winter cereal crop in India. Punjab is one of the
major wheat producing state. Like other states of India, every year wheat crop in the state of …

Among different aphid species attacking wheat crop, bird cherry oat aphid Rhopalosiphum
padi L. and corn leaf aphid R. maidis Fitch. appear every year in Punjab and severely …

An insecticide efficacy trial was carried out during 2013–14 at four locations viz., Karnal,
Ludhiana, Niphad and Pantnagar for evaluation of six new insecticides against foliar aphid …

Wheat is the principal cereal crop of India and every year it suffers serious grain yield losses
due to insect pest and diseases. In last few years, the simultaneous attacks of aphids and …

The wheat aphid, Sitobion miscanthi (Takahashi)(Aphididae: Hemiptera) is a destructive
aphid, native to Formosa but now distributed in many wheat growing countries of the world. It …

Materials and Methods Data collection: The data used to develop and validate the weather-
based regression model for forewarning of R. maidisand R. padi infestation were collected …