Single crops become a centre for the attack from arthropod pests. Aphids, thrips, whiteflies,
coccids and mites are pests, tiny sap-sucking arthropods having a high infestation rate, due …

Feeding potential and foraging behavior are complimentary to determine the efficiency of a
predator. The predatory potential of both grub and adult stages of Cheilomenes sexmaculata …

The food is the foremost need for the existence of all living organisms and the fluctuations in
its availability strongly affects the population dynamics of both the primary and secondary …

The reproductive and demographic attributes of the aphidophagous ladybird, Hippodamia
variegata (Goeze)(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), when fed on the aphid species, Aphis …

Under natural conditions, prey resources may fluctuate considerably in space and time; and
predators are continuously faced with challenges of resource availability and use. In this …

Se evaluó el tiempo de desarrollo, tablas de vida y capacidad de consumo de Cheilomenes
sexmaculata (Fabricius) sobre el áfido del maíz Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus), vector del …

We investigated mating reluctance with relatives and its in uence on the quantitative
progeny and its tness using a predatory ladybird, Propylea dissecta. For this purpose, we …

Kaltenbach; verbena aphid, Rhopalosiphum nymphae Linnaeus; and rose aphid,
Macrosiphum rosae Linnaeus; were collected from the agricultural crop of coriander …

Biology of ladybird beetle, Propylea sp. on Lucerne aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) was
investigated under laboratory conditions. Biology of Propylea sp. on A. pisum revealed that …

The tritropic effects on suitability of Cheilomenes sexmaculata were observed when reared
on A. craccivora on various host plants viz., Phaseolus sinensis, Lablab purpureus, Vigna …