{"title":"First report of red wax scale, Ceroplastes rubens Maskell (Coccidae: Hemiptera) a new pest in mango (Mangifera indica) from Gujarat, India","authors":"Italiya J. V., Kalasariya R. L., Sisodiya D. B.","doi":"10.55278/ndir4587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/ndir4587","url":null,"abstract":"A roving survey was carried out on mango (Mangifera indica) field during 2021 at B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat. Infestation of Ceroplastes rubens Maskell, a new pest was recorded on mango (M. indica). It feeds mainly on leaves, but also on twigs and branches by sap depletion and greyish brown discoloration of leaves. The adults have elliptical, dorsally pentagonal reddish brown body that is coated with pink to reddish brown wax. The present study is the first report of C. rubens on mango from Gujarat, India. Keywords: Ceroplastes rubens new pest, Mangifera indica, Gujarat","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126691107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fire Ants: A nuisance pest in the silk reeling industry","authors":"Harishkumar J, Prashanth J","doi":"10.55278/kcku2203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/kcku2203","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117123560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A protocol for mass rearing of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) on pineapple Ananas comosus L.","authors":"El-Shafie H. A. F, Faleiro J. R.","doi":"10.55278/nozb2464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/nozb2464","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128871022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distorted pods of moringa due to mites? in Bangalore, Karnataka","authors":"A. Verghese, Rashmi M. A","doi":"10.55278/fowm4293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/fowm4293","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114410316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scientists’ warning on loss of insect biodiversity and implications for sustainable agriculture","authors":"Ramesh Arora, Jaspreet Kaur","doi":"10.55278/tels2532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/tels2532","url":null,"abstract":"Climate change is a long-term shift in global or regional climate patterns. Climate change is among the biggest environmental challenges, humans face in the 21st century. The most imminent climatic change in recent times is the increase in atmospheric temperatures due to increased levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), ozone (O3), nitrous oxide (N2O) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), largely because of industrialization and burning of fossil fuels, etc. The term biodiversity is the short form of ‘biological diversity. As per the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), biodiversity means the variability among all living organisms from all sources including inter alia terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part. Climate change is among the major environmental challenges for humans with catastrophic effects on faunal (especially insect) biodiversity and agricultural production. Insect biodiversity provides an array of indispensable services in agricultural production including pollination, nutrient recycling and natural control of pests. Special efforts are required for conserving and identifying insects and elucidating their role in ecosystem functioning. Intensive research, constant surveillance, early detection and rapid response are essential to face the emerging pest and disease threats to crop production. Insect Conservation, landscape heterogeneity, biological control and IPM are the keys to environmentally benign and climate-resilient crop protection for sustainable agricultural production in the future.","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133721390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Malini Nilamudeen, Sumiya K V, K. K, S. M. Ibrahim
{"title":"Inflorescence looper Perixera illepidaria( Guenee) Lepidoptera: Geometridae on mango","authors":"Malini Nilamudeen, Sumiya K V, K. K, S. M. Ibrahim","doi":"10.55278/naez5222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/naez5222","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133634772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Report of metallic shield bug, Scutellera perplexa (Fabricius) (Scutelleridae: Hemiptera) on Phalsa (Grewia asiatica L.) from Gujarat, India","authors":"Pathan N. P., Dodiya R. D., Prajapati B. K.","doi":"10.55278/macw9488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/macw9488","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121600089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. M. Ibrahim, Malini Nilamudeen, Berin Pathrose, K. K, A. N
{"title":"First record of black thrips Thrips parvispinus (Karny) Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Thripidae, from Muthalamada, the mango city of Kerala","authors":"S. M. Ibrahim, Malini Nilamudeen, Berin Pathrose, K. K, A. N","doi":"10.55278/vtdn3531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/vtdn3531","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121192501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First report of cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius) infesting domestically stored garlic from Gujarat, India","authors":"Dodiya R. D., Patel R. M., C. F. K., Patel P. S.","doi":"10.55278/dqnm4212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/dqnm4212","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126046317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ajay Mahaputra Kumar, Malini Nilamudeen, S. M. Ibrahim
{"title":"Record of South East Asian Thrips Thrips parvispinus (Karny) Thysanoptera: Terebrantia: Thripidae, from Solanum melongena, Kerala","authors":"Ajay Mahaputra Kumar, Malini Nilamudeen, S. M. Ibrahim","doi":"10.55278/xxxi5164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55278/xxxi5164","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":243834,"journal":{"name":"Insect Environment","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127173586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}