| Research Areas: |
Host Plant Resistance (Screening of Germplasm (Seed) of Cereals, Pulses, Vegetables, etc against insect pests during storage); Fumigant and residual insecticide application in warehouses; Monitoring of Insecticide Resistance and its mitigation in Stored Product Insect Pests; Biological Control of Stored Product Insects ( use of predators, parasitoids, plant extracts, essential oils, entomopathogenic fungi and IGRs); Development of green synthesized nanoparticles; nanopesticide formulations and their evaluation against stored product insect pests, Hermetic Storage, Use of Controlled Atmospheres for Stored Product Pest Management |
