Eco-friendly and sustainable approaches against aphids management () and dissipation studies of imidacloprid in important cash crop capsicum under protected and open condition.

Capsicum is generally infested with many biotic agents mainly sucking insects, among them the major is aphid (. Chemical management is one of the most common strategies for their management. However, there are no recommended insecticides for insect management in polyhouse.

Persistence evaluation of fluopyram + tebuconazole residues on mango and pomegranate and their risk assessment.

The persistence of combination formulation of fluopyram 200 + tebuconazole 200-400 SC was evaluated across different agro-climates in India for the management of fungal diseases in two commercially important fruit crops, mango and pomegranate. The residues were extracted using quick easy cheap effective rugged and safe (QuEChERS) method and quantification was done on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). The fungicide degradation followed 1st-order kinetics and the half-lives were 2.

Dissipation kinetics and risk assessment of iprovalicarb + propineb fungicide in tomato under different agroclimates.

Multi-location supervised field trials in India were conducted with a combination pesticide formulation (iprovalicarb 5.5% + propineb 61.25%, 66.

Utility of Serological Tests in the Era of Molecular Testing for Diagnosis of Human Brucellosis in Endemic Area with Limited Resources.

Background: The culture has always been the gold standard test for diagnosis of human brucellosis but the conventional Brucella diagnostic tests viz. serology and culture are often beset with poor specificity & sensitivity respectively. The culture positivity rates for Brucella vary from 92% for bone marrow to 10% for non-blood samples and also dependent on the type of sample.

PCR confirmation of cutaneous manifestation due to Brucella melitensis.

Human brucellosis, a zoonotic disease, is endemic in the Belgaum district, Karnataka, India. A male patient presented with a generalized itchy rash. Blood was sent for venereal disease research laboratory testing.

Neurobrucellosis presenting as an intra-medullary spinal cord abscess.

Background: Of the diverse presentation of neurobrucellosis, intra-medullary spinal cord abscess is extremely rare. Only four other cases have been reported so far. We present a case of spinal cord intra-medullary abscess due to Brucella melitensis.