Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Berliner is a ubiquitous soil bacterium with commercial bio pesticidal value and widely used for effective control of various important agricultural insect pests. Invasion of Fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) into India caused pot...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131325
Fall armyworm as a polyphagous voracious feeder reported causing yield losses in most agriculturally important crops. As this insect had developed resistance against most of the insecticides, there is a need for an alternate approach to management. Gut endosymbiotic bacteria play...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2231389
The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is an invasive insect pest of India native to the Western Hemisphere. The pest damages more than 350 plant species. FAW is genetically divided into two strains viz. corn (C) strain which feeds m...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i1831049
The present investigation was aimed to develop restorer lines for three-line hybrid rice using indica/tropical japonica derivatives to exploit the inter sub-specific heterosis. From 75 F4 families of CB174R/Azucena, two plants were randomly selected and screened using simple sequ...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i133091