The genus Brassica includes economically important oilseed and vegetable plants. A
number of insect pests are known to infest these crops and cause significant losses in yield …

Aphids are important herbivores and important pest of many field and forest crops. They
have specialized long and flexible stylets which are adapted to feeding on phloem sap. To …

The interaction between plant-aphid is phenomenal and complex. Aphids possess efficient
mouthparts which feed on plant sap intensively. Adaptation to host plants and successful …

This chapter deals with brassica plants and their resistance to sucking pests—aphids.
Brassica plants are known to synthesize a number of plant secondary metabolites which …

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 …

A five years' field study was carried out to assess the avoidable yield losses in Brassica
juncea and B. rapa due to insect-pests from 2011-12 to 2015-16 crop seasons at the …

The rapeseed-mustard crop basket is highly vulnerable to an umbrella of insect-pests at
different phases of plant growth, known to cause 15–30% loss in yield in different oilseed …

Field experiment was conducted to study the population dynamics of potential bioagents of
mustard aphids on 9 different cultivars which included: Brassica alba cv. PSB-I, Eruca sativa …

Importance of the work: This review paper compared and elaborated on recent updates
about various effective approaches to control mustard aphid. Objectives: To promote …

Abstract Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are small soft bodied plant lice, their number rapidly
rise above economic threshold level in suitable climatic condition due to parthenogenetic …