Insecticide resistance status in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci genetic groups Asia-I, Asia-II-1 and Asia-II-7 on the Indian subcontinent.

The present study is a summary of the current level of the insecticide resistance to selected organophosphates, pyrethroids, and neonicotinoids in seven Indian field populations of Bemisia tabaci genetic groups Asia-I, Asia-II-1, and Asia-II-7. Susceptibility of these populations was varied with Asia-II-7 being the most susceptible, while Asia-I and Asia-II-1 populations were showing significant resistance to these insecticides. The variability of the LC values was 7x for imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, 5x for monocrotophos and 3x for cypermethrin among the Asia-I, while, they were 7x for cypermethrin, 6x for deltamethrin and 5x for imidacloprid within the Asia-II-1 populations.

Predicting outcome in traumatic brain injury: Sharing experience of pilot traumatic brain injury registry.

Background: A reliable prediction of outcome for the victims of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on admission is possible from concurrent data analysis from any systematic real-time registry.

Objective: To determine the clinical relevance of the findings from our TBI registry to develop prognostic futuristic models with readily available traditional and novel predictors.

Materials And Methods: Prospectively collected data using predesigned pro forma were analyzed from the first phase of a trauma registry from a South Indian Trauma Centre, compatible with computerized management system at electronic data entry and web data entry interface on demographics, clinical, management, and discharge status.

A retrospective review of snake bite victims admitted in a tertiary level teaching institute.

Objective: Snake bite remains major public health problem worldwide. We present our experience with cases of snake bites managed in our tertiary care teaching center of South India.

Materials And Methods: The details of all patients with snake bite admitted to a tertiary teaching care hospital from 2010 to 2012 were retrospectively retrieved and reviewed.

A retrospective analysis of acute organophosphorus poisoning cases admitted to the tertiary care teaching hospital in South India.

Objectives: We have herein reported our experience with the pattern of presentation of cases of acute organophosphorus (OP) poisoning cases in a tertiary care hospital.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study evaluated the hospital records of patients with acute OP poisoning. In a pre-structured proforma, data regarding age, sex, time elapsed after intake, circumstances of poisoning, duration of hospitalization, severity, complications, and outcome of the patients were recorded.

Seat belt sign and its significance.

Safety belts are the most important safety system in motor vehicles and when worn intend to prevent serious injuries. However, in unusual circumstances (high velocity motor vehicle collisions) these safety measures (seat belts) can be the source and cause of serious injuries. The seat belt syndrome was first described as early by Garrett and Braunste in but the term "seat belt sign" was discussed by Doersch and Dozier.

Jacob Mathew v. State of Punjab, the judgment stipulates the guidelines to be followed before launching a prosecution against a doctor for negligence.

In a landmark judgment, the supreme court of India laid down guidelines in cases of alleged negligence against medical practitioners in India. It clearly stated that there is a need for protecting doctors from frivolous or unjust prosecution.

In vivo and in vitro effect of Acacia nilotica seed proteinase inhibitors on Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) larvae.

Acacia nilotica proteinase inhibitor (AnPI) was isolated by ammonium sulphate precipitation followed by chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-25 and resulted in a purification of 10.68-fold with a 19.5 percentage yield.

Evaluation of substituted oxime ethers for growth regulatory activity against Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

Insect growth regulator (IGR) activity of 52 substituted oxime ethers was evaluated against an important polyphagous lepidopteran pest, Spodoptera litura (F.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Several compounds produced symptoms comparable to exogenously applied juvenile hormone.

Protein profiles of Spodoptera litura (F.) male accessory reproductive gland and its secretions.

Protein profiles of the male accessory reproductive glands of a polyphagous pest, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and their glandular secretions were analyzed by electrophoresis under denaturing conditions. The study revealed the presence of 23 proteins in the glands and 14 in the secretions. The molecular weights of the gland proteins ranged from 163 to 3.

Effect of JH III and substituted oxime ethers on the in vitro protein and RNA synthesis in male accessory reproductive gland (MARG) of Spodoptera litura (F.).

The physiological action of two substituted oxime ethers namely: 4'-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3'-buten-2'(E)-ketoxime-N-O-propylether (compound No. 3) and 4'-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-3'-buten-2'(E)-ketoxime-N-O-pentylether (compound No. 34,) were compared with that of JH III in an in vitro assay to monitor the synthesis of RNA and protein in male accessory reproductive gland (MARG) of Spodoptera litura by using 3H-leucine and 3H-uridine, respectively.

Evaluation of substituted oxime ethers for growth regulatory activity against Spodoptera litura (F.).

Insect growth regulatory activity (IGR) of fifty-two substituted oxime ethers were evaluated against an important polyphagous lepidopteran crop pest, Spodoptera litura (F.). A number of compounds produced symptoms comparable to exogenously applied juvenile hormone.

DNA synthesis in the imaginal wing discs of the American bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner).

The effect of two insect growth regulators of plant origin viz. plumbagin and azadirachtin and the ecdysteroids 20-hydroxyecdysone, makisterone A and a phytoecdysteroid on DNA synthesis in imaginal wing discs of day 4 final instar Helicoverpa armigera larvae was studied. DNA synthesis increased with increase in time of incubation up to 8 h and decreased later without the addition of moulting hormone.

Woc (without children) gene control of ecdysone biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster.

The first step in ecdysteroidogenesis, i.e. the 7,8-dehydrogenation of dietary cholesterol (C) to 7-dehydrocholesterol (7dC), is blocked in Drosophila melanogaster homozygous woc (without children) third instar larval ring glands (source of ecdysone).

Official multiresidue methods of pesticide analysis in vegetables, fruits and soil.

Many different types of pesticides are used extensively on fruits and vegetables. The present contribution represents an overview of the multiresidue methods of analysis of the most widely used pesticides.