Category Pesticide Industry

   Use of Trichogramma chilonis as biological control

        Use of Trichogramma chilonis as biological control          Author: Saad Ramzan, Muhammad Ahsin Ayub, Naeem Arshad Maan and Imran Ali           Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.         Introduction             Trichogramma chilonis is an egg parasitoid. Charles V. Riley give…

Traps, their importance in Insect Pest Management

       What are traps, their importance in Insect Pest Management (IPM) and types and how they are used.  Dr. Faisal Hafeez, Ayesha Iftekhar, Muhammad Sohaib, Ayesha Arshad.  Ayub Agriculture Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.  Insect Traps:  To monitor the pest population over…

Groundwater contamination due to pesticide and its impact

Groundwater contamination due to pesticide and its impact Author: Saad, Habel parwaiz, Ayesha Siddique and Iqra Department of Entomology University of Agriculture Faisalabad Introduction The term pesticide include different compound like insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, acaricides, rodenticides, molluscicides, plant growth regulator…

Pesticide residues in food and methods to overcome

 Author: Habel parwaiz, Muhammad Danyal Khan, Norman Javed Gill and Tahawar Ali syed               Department of Entomology University of Agriculture Faisalabad       Pesticide residue When a crop is treated with a pesticide, a very small amount of the…

Role of Odonates as a beneficial insects in nature.

Authors: Muhammad Yasir Ali and Umar Niaz. Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. ETYMOLOGY Derived from 2 Greek words. Odonates means a tooth. Ata means provided with. Derived from Ephimeropetra and Neuroptera. Anisoptera (dragonflies) Zygoptera       (damselflies). Phylogenetic tree…

Insects Play a Vital Role as a Food

Authors: Umar Niaz1, Burhan Ahmad2, Kamran Qamar3, M. Umar Javed4 and Hafiz Atta Ur Redman Saeed5 Department of Entomology University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. Introduction: Insects belong to class insecta and Phylum Arthropoda. Approximately 2-3 billion species exist on earth…