Publications by authors named "A N Shylesha"
Galleria mellonella, the greater wax moth has always been an important pest against honeybees and has remained a nightmare for beekeeping farmers. Management of G. mellonella in live honeybee colonies is very difficult because most current management practices can destroy whole honeybee colonies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBacillus thuringiensis is the most widely used biopesticide, targets a diversity of insect pests belonging to several orders. However, information regarding the B. thuringiensis strains and toxins targeting Zeugodacus cucurbitae is very limited.
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- Inostemma indicum Mani is a parasitoid insect originally described in 1941, associated with the gall-forming fly Neolasioptera cephalandrae, found in ivy gourd plants.
- The original description of Inostemma indicum was vague and not very useful for identification, and the original specimen is now lost.
- This study provides a new detailed description with illustrations and designates a neotype, as well as describes the previously unidentified male of the species.
The Grey Weevil, Myllocerus subfasciatus Guerin, is an important emerging pest of quarantine significance in Solanaceae crops including the eggplant, Solanum melongena. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) have been shown to be a potential source of safe and effective control of M. subfasciatus.
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