Moulita Chatterjee

First Report of Invasive Thrips, Thrips parvispinus (Karny) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in chilli from Alipurduar District of West Bengal, India

Moulita Chatterjee, Archisman Biswas, Debanjan Chakraborty, Biswajit Patra & Shyamal Kr. Sahoo · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2024

Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) is one of the important commercial crops grown in almost all the states of India. However, biotic ravages caused by insect pests limit the productivity and quality of this crop. Recently thrips infestation was recorded in chilli crop in Guabar Nagar vil...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i51980

First Report of Carpophilus dimidiatus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Stored Groundnut and Field Maize from West Bengal, India

Debanjan Chakraborty, Shubhayan Dutta, Moulita Chatterjee, Shyamal Kr. Sahoo & Tapan Kumar Hath · Journal of Scientific Research and Reports · 2024

Genus Carpophilus belongs to the family Nitidulidae under the order Coleoptera. Majority of the members under this genus are either sap feeder or fungus feeder. A small number of these, however, is economically categorised as stored grain pests. The commonly known species under t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jsrr/2024/v30i102462

Exploring the Hexapod Natural Enemy Complex of West Bengal's Terai Rice Ecosystem

A. Sankeerthana, Atanu Maji, Navendu Nair & Moulita Chatterjee · Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology · 2025

Aims: The aim of this study is to investigate into the hexapod natural enemy fauna prevailing in the rice (Oryza sativa L.) ecosystem under the Terai agro-ecological region of West Bengal. Study Design: The study was conducted using the rice variety MTU 1153, cultivated under sta...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i62439