Underutilized wild plants are important sources of nutrition and medicine since ancient times
and have contributed to food security, enriching diet diversity and preventing malnutrition …

Successful application of the sterile insect technique (SIT), an environmentally friendly
control technology, mainly depends on mass-rearing of high-quality and high-performance …

Chickpea pod borer (CPB)(Helicoverpa armigera) is one of the major pests, causing
significant yield losses. The objectives were to screen chickpea mutants for pod borer …

Background Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the third most important pulse crop grown all
over the world. Chickpea is infested by an average of about 60 insect-pests, of which gram …

The leguminous chickpea is a good source of protein, but its yield potential is frequently
constrained by biotic stresses, primarily Helicoverpa armigera, a major havoc for cultivation …

The pod borer Helicoverpa armigera is a major constraint to chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
production worldwide, affecting the crop most severely during pod formation stage leading to …

Screening of 50 rice genotypes against brown planthopper infestation was conducted in
open field conditions over two consecutive years (Kharif 2018-19 and 2019-20). Based on …

abstract Underutilized wild plants are important sources of nutrition and medicine since
ancient times and have contributed to food security, enriching diet diversity and preventing …