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Efficacy of Insecticides Against Pink Bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) in BT Cotton Open

Vijay Kumar, Amandeep Kaur, Vikas Jindal, J. Jagadesh Kumar, Jasjinder Kaur , et al. · 2025

Pectinophora gossypiella is a key pest of cotton responsible for causing huge economic loss to the cotton grower in India. After two decades of Bt cotton introduction, an outbreak of pink bollworm recorded during 2021 in Punjab. Insecticid…

Molecular Characterization of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) Populations from Punjab, India Open

Arshdeep Gill, Ramesh Arora, Vikas Jindal · 2024

Helicoverpa armigera Hubner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a highly polyphagous and migratory pest of several economically important crops in parts of Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. Molecular variability of H. armigera infesting differen…

Molecular characterization of Trichogramma spp. in sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) ecosystem in Punjab Open

Jasreet Kaur, Vikas Jindal, K. S. Sangha · 2023

Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) is of great importance to biological control of many harmful lepidopteran pests of crops. There is a need to establish the species composition in the fields for differentiation among the species/strains in ord…

Effect of BT and Non-BT Cotton on Biology of Thrips Tabaci and Its Management Using Insecticides Open

Vijay Kumar, Arpit Kumar, Vikas Jindal · 2023

The development of Thrips tabaci was studied on transgenic BG I, BG II, non-Bt, and desi cotton cultivars. The oviposition period was minimum on desi cotton, FDK 124 (11.67 days) as compared to BG II (RCH 650) and non-Bt cotton (LH 2076). …

Characterization of Capa Peptide and Its Receptor in Bemisia Tabaci Open

Sudeshna Thakur, Vikas Jindal · 2022

The diuresis process in insects is regulated by CAPA neuropeptides, which activate the specific cognate receptor i.e CAPAr. In this study, we characterized the CAPAr gene ( BtabCAPAr ) in whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Asia II 1 for the first ti…

Characterization of CAPA Peptide and Its Receptor in Bemisia tabaci Open

Sudeshna Thakur, Vikas Jindal · 2022

The diuresis process in insects is under the regulation of CAPA neuropeptides, which activate the specific cognate receptor i.e CAPAr. In this study, we characterized the CAPAr gene ( BtabCAPAr ) in whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Asia II 1 for t…

survey of plant disease detection techniques based on image processing and machine learning Open

Ravindar Kumar, Vikas Jindal · 2022

The Plant disease identification is the key which prevent loss and improve quality of the agriculture products. The plant disease detection techniques have various phases which include pre-processing, segmentation, feature extraction and c…

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Forensically Important Blow Fly Chrysomya megacephala (F.) Open

Nirupama Singh, N. P. Singh, Vinod Kumari, Vikas Jindal, Shashi Meena · 2022

Considering the significance of Chrysomya megacephala (F.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and their larval instars in forensic-entomological investigations, a culture of C. megacephala was established and morphological features of second and thi…

Clinical and Radiological Features of Cronkhite–Canada Syndrome: A Case Report Open

Lokesh Lokesh, Vikas Jindal, Prasenjit Das, Rajni Yadav, Govind Makharia , et al. · 2022

Cronkhite–Canada syndrome is a rare non-hereditary disease characterized by gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis and protein-losing enteropathy. The presenting symptoms are onychodystrophy, skin pigmentation, alopecia, weight loss, and…

First report of southern rice black streaked dwarf virus associated with rice dwarf symptoms in Indian Punjab Open

Mandeep Singh Hunjan, Manmohan Dhkal, Sonali Katoch, K. S. Suri, Vikas Jindal , et al. · 2022

Impact of Corona Virus Disease 2019 pandemic on adherence to gluten-free diet in Indian patients with celiac disease Open

Wajiha Mehtab, Ashish Chauhan, Ashish Agarwal, Alka Singh, Mahendra Singh Rajput , et al. · 2021

Exploring the genetic variability of citrus butterfly (Papilio demoleus) using DNA barcode Open

Vikas Jindal · 2020

The present study is first and initial report from India on developing barcodes and molecular identification of citrus swallow tail butterfly (Papilio demoleus L.) based on mtCOI region and species composition from Abohar, Jalandhar, Ludhi…

Activity of novel insecticides against different life stages of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) Open

Vijay Kumar, Vikas Jindal, S K KATARIA, Mandeep Pathania · 2019

Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), in North Cotton Growing Zone of India adversely affect cotton yield. Both the nymphal and adult stages of whitefly cause damage by sucking the sap from leaf tissue and honey dew secretion. In this stud…

Molecular characterization of Beauveria isolates from Punjab based on ITS Region Open

Geetika Banta, Vikas Jindal · 2019

Three local isolates of Beauveria (BbR1, BbR2 and BbR3), isolated from Punjab soils along with one standard strain MTCC 2028 (BbM1) were selected for molecular identification. All the isolates showed maximum growth on potato dextrose agar …

Molecular characterization of new isolates of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana and their efficacy against the tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Open

Sushant Dhar, Vikas Jindal, Monu Jariyal, Vipan Gupta · 2019

Thirteen fungal isolates, having characteristics similar to Beauveria bassiana, were isolated from field soils of Punjab, India, on Beauveria-specific selective medium (BS medium). Molecular screening of the B. bassiana isolates, using PCR…

Anthranilic Diamide-Cyantraniliprole 10OD against Sucking Insects of Bt Cotton Open

Vijay Kumar, Vikas Jindal · 2019

The efficacy of cyantraniliprole 10 OD, a new xylem systemic insecticide in the anthranilic diamide chemistry, is reported for the management of different sucking insect pests like Thrips tabaci, Bemisia tabaci and Amrasca bigutulla bigutu…

Genetic diversity of rice leaf folder using mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 gene Open

Vikas Jindal · 2019

Genus, Cnaphalocrocis spp. is an important insect pest of rice in all rice growing countries. More than twenty species of Cnaphalocrocis exist of which six have been reported from Tamil Nadu alone. The information on rice leaf folder speci…

Applications of RNA Interference in insect pest management Open

Vikas Jindal, Sajjan Grover · 2019

RNA interference (RNAi) is a technique which is being used for analyzing the functions of individual genes by employing loss-of-function analyses. It has been widely used in entomological research to study the functions of genes in variety…

Impact of dissemination of IPM strategies against insect pests of transgenic cotton in Punjab Open

Vikas Jindal, Vijay Kumar · 2018

Genetic differences in DNA barcode region of different geographical populations of citrus leaf miner, Phyllocnistis citrella stainton Open

Vikas Jindal, Geetika Banta, Bharathi Mohindru · 2017

The citrus leaf miner populations were collected from citrus nursery in Gurdaspur and Abohar regions of Punjab. The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) gene was amplifed using specifc primers, cloned and nucleotide sequence was dete…

Efficacy of Fingerprint to Determine Gender and Blood Group Open

S.R. Joshi, Deepika Garg, Puneet Bajaj, Vikas Jindal · 2016

Fingerprint (dermatoglyphic) evidence is undoubtedly the most reliable and acceptable evidence till date in the court of law. Due to the immense potential of fingerprint as an effective method of identification.

Molecular identification of mango hoppers infesting mango trees in Punjab through DNA barcoding Open

Vikas Jindal, Geetika Banta, Manjinder Singh · 2016

Hoppers belonging to Amritodus spp. and Idioscopus spp. have been reported infesting mango trees in India. In this study, the mango hoppers were collected from Patiala (Nabha), Jalandhar and Ludhiana districts of Punjab for their molecular…

Hospitalizations and healthcare costs associated with serious, non-lethal firearm-related violence and injuries in the United States, 1998‐2011 Open

Jason L. Salemi, Vikas Jindal, Roneé E. Wilson, Mulubrhan F. Mogos, Muktar H. Aliyu , et al. · 2015

Objective To describe the prevalence, trends, correlates, and short-term outcomes of inpatient hospitalizations for firearm-related injuries (FRIs) in the United States between 1998 and 2011. Methods We conducted a retrospective, cross-sec…

Beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Hubner): A newly emerging pest of Egyptian clover in Punjab Open

Arshdeep K. Gill, Ramesh Arora, Vikas Jindal · 2015

Studies on population dynamics of Thysanoplusiaoricalcea, Helicoverpa armigera and Spodoptera exigua were carried out on berseem. All the three lepidopterans were prevelant throughout the season but H. armigera population was negligible du…

Genetic Diversity of Armyworm,Mythimna Separata(Walker) Infesting Wheat Open

Vikas Jindal, Geetika Banta, Amit Thakur, Manjinder Singh, Bharathi Mohindru · 2015

Armyworm, Mythimna separata (Walker) is considered as serious pest of sorghum, millets, rice, maize and wheat in Asia and Australia. The genetic diversity of M. separata collected from four locations of Punjab viz. Amritsar (Attari), Jalan…

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