April 2012

Sustaining life and livelihood: A case study of Askote conservation landscape, Central Himalaya

  The Askote conservation landscape, located in eastern Kumaun, State of Uttarakhand, represents an enlarged version of the Askote Wildlife Sanctuary, encompassing within, minor landscape, which is part of the adjoining Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Of a total land area of 4,463 km2, about 103 km2or just 2.31% of the area is cultivated land. The present study however, confines itself to the summer habitations...

Author(s): Chandra Singh Negi

April 2012

Population dynamics of Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in a silvopastoral system

  In this study we investigated lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in a silvopastoral system. The study was conducted between July, 2006 and June, 2008 in a pasture with Brachiaria decumbens and trees. Adult specimens were caught twice a month by using a malaise trap, while the larvae were caught in the shoots of fodder and by visual observation. Flowering panicles were also observed for the presence...

Author(s): Simone Alves de Oliveira, Alexander Machado Auad, Brígida Souza, Marcy das Graças Fonseca and Tiago Teixeira Resende

April 2012

Efficacy of different insecticides against mushroom phorid Fly, Megaselia halterata (Wood) in Punjab, Pakistan

  Phorid fly, Megaselia halterata is the most destructive insect pest of mushroom causing serious threat to mushroom production and cultivation in Pakistan. Chemical control is the most effective and quicker approach used by our farming community. So there was a dire need to evaluate some commercial insecticides against this pest. The present study was therefore, conducted to evaluate six commercial...

Author(s): Muhammad Hussnain Babar, Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Hamid Bashir and Muhammad Asif Ali

April 2012

Mitochondrial cytochrome b variation in populations of the cutaneous leishmaniasis vector Phlebotomus papatasi across eastern Tunisia

  Cutaneous leishmaniasis remains a serious health problem in Tunisia. It is the most extensive and prevalent form with thousands of cases reported each year since the start of a large epidemic in 1982, with 96% of cases were recorded in central and southern regions of the country. In Tunisia,Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) (Diptera: Psychodidae) is the main vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by...

Author(s): Boudabous Raja, Jaouadi K., Haouas N., Mezhoud H., Bdira S., Amor S. and Babba Hamouda