Volume 31, Issue 3, September 2017

Research Articles

• Report of mite, Sancassania karnatakaensis (Krishna Rao & Ranganath, 1982) as a potential bioagent of white grub species, Lepidiota mansueta Burmeister with taxonomic notes

  K. Sreedevi, Pratibha Menon, Sunil Rathod

  119-122

  Keywords:

  Mite, mortality, Lepidiota mansueta, Sancassania karnatakaensis, white grub

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  DOI:

  https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2017/16434

• Research on Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) fauna in Mazandarn province, Iran

  Katayoun Pahlavan Yali, Shahrokh Pashai Rad, Mehdi Zare Khormizi, Zahra Mojib Hagh Ghadam, Minoo Heidari Latibari, Guy Hanly

  123-127

  Keywords:

  Ladybird, New record, Mazandaran, Insect

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  DOI:

  https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2017/16351

• First record of family Xenasteiidae (Diptera: Brachycera: Cyclorrhapha) from India in association with Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) with cautionary notes on associated parasitoids

  Ankita Gupta, K. Selvaraj, Nigel Wyatt, S. K Rajeshwari, C. R. Ballal

  128-134

  Keywords:

  India, new record, Xenasteiidae

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  DOI:

  https://doi.org/10.18311//jbc/2017/18099

• Metarhizium majus and Metarhizium robertsii show enhanced activity against the coleopteran pests Holotricha serrata and Oryctes rhinoceros

  V. Velavan, G. Sivakumar, R. Rangeshwaran, R. Sundararaj, T. O. Sasidharan

  135-145

  Keywords:

  Holotricha serrata, Metarhizium spp. Oryctes rhinoceros, Powder based formulation (PBF), Topical conidial suspension (TCS)

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  DOI:

  https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2017/18078

• Detection of insecticide resistance and mechanisms of resistance in field populations of Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) collected from different geographical locations in India

  T. Venkatesan, S. Helen Mahiba, S. K. Jalali, S. L. Ramya, M. Prathibha

  159-167

  Keywords:

  Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi, cytochrome p450, esterase, glutathione –S- transferase insecticide resistance

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  DOI:

  https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2017/16333

• Field evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi against cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) and their effect on coccinellid predator, Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus)

  B. Ramanujam, Krishna Japur, B. Poornesha

  168-171

  Keywords:

  Beauveria bassiana, Brevicoryne brassicae, Cabbage, Coccinella septempunctata, Entomopathogenic fungi, Lecanicillium lecanii, Metarhizium anisopliae

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  DOI:

  https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2017/16350

• Evaluation of bio inoculants fortified Lignite Fly Ash (LFA) against sheath blight (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn) and sheath rot (Saracladium oryzae (Sawada) Games and Haksworth) diseases of rice in Cauvery delta region of Tamil Nadu

  D. E. Kavi Newton, D. John Christopher

  172-180

  Keywords:

  Annamalai Mixture, Antagonistic microorganisms, Fortified Lignite Fly Ash, Sheath blight, sheath rot

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  DOI:

  https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2017/15848

• Variability in parasitic ability of Trichoderma isolates against sclerotia of Sclerotium rolfsii associated with chickpea

  P. Nagamani, Someshwar Bhagat, M. K. Biswas, K. Viswanath

  181-188

  Keywords:

  Chickpea, Competitive parasitic ability, Trichoderma spp

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  DOI:

  https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2017/15898