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College of Agriculture / Entomology / Important Publications

Important Publications (Last Five Years)
  • Aggarwal H, Mandal K and Kang BK 2023. Dissipation kinetic study of fenazaquin in chilli and soil by LC MS/MS. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30: 91902-14. (NAAS rating = 11.19).
  • Aggarwal H, Mandal K, Sharma S and Kang BK 2024. Residual estimation of spirotetramat and its metabolites in chilli and soil by LC–MS/MS. Environ Sci Pollut Res 31: 24852-67. (NAAS rating = 11.80).
  • Augustine NM and Shera PS 2024. Effect of cold storage on the fitness of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher) (Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae), an ecto-parasitoid of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae). Int J Pest Manage. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874. 2024.2334232 (NAAS rating 7.10)
  • Augustine NM, Shera PS, Kumar R and Sharma S 2024. Evaluation of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher) (Lepidoptera: Epipyropidae) releases for the management of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) (Hemiptera: Lophopidae) on sugarcane in Punjab, India. Sugar Tech. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s12355-024-01474-1 (NAAS rating 7.80)
  • Barmota H, Mandal K, Sharma S and Jindal J 2021. Dissipation studies of chlorantraniliprole in maize leaves, grains, baby corn and soil. Int J Environ Anal Chem 103(19): 7726-35 (NAAS rating: 7.43).
  • Bhardwaj AK, Mandal K, Sharma S and Kang BK 2024. Method validation and residue analysis of fluoxapiprolin and its metabolites on tomato by QuEChERS method combination with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Int J Environ Anal Chem 1-16. (NAAS rating = 8.30)
  • Bhullar MB, Heikal HM, Kaur P and Kaur R 2021. Efficacy of natural products and biorationals against two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) infesting brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) under protected cultivation. Int J Acarol  DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2021.1987982. (NAAS rating = 7.24)
  • Biswas S, Bhullar MB Karmakar K and Kaur P 2022. Seven new records and distribution of phytoseiid (Acari : Mesostigmata) mite fauna associated with agri-horticultural crops in Northern India. Int J Trop Insect Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-022 00770-1 (NAAS rating = 7.24)
  • Brar N S, Mandal K, Kaur S, Sandhu AK, Bhullar MS and Singh MP 2023. Quantification of pendimethalin residue in green fodder and silage of winter cereals using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Pestic Sci 48(4): 225-33. (NAAS rating = 8.53).
  • Brar NS, Kaur S, Mandal K, Kaur M, Sandhu AK and Saini KS 2023. Weed flora in spring maize and atrazine residues in its green fodder and silage under three maize-based rotations. Phytoparasitica 52: 3. (NAAS rating = 7.81)
  • Brar PK, Kang BK, Rasool R and Sahoo SK 2022. Dissipation kinetics of imidacloprid in cotton flower, nectariferous tissue, pollen and Apismellifera products using QuEChERS method. Pest Manage Sci 78: 662-70 (NAAS rating = 10.84)
  • Brar PK, Kang BK, Rasool R and Sahoo SK 2022. Validation of QuEChERS method for estimation of imidacloprid and its metabolites in cotton flower, pollen, nectariferous tissue and honey. J AOAC Int 105(1): 74-79 (NAAS rating = 7.51)
  • Brar PK, Sharma N, Mandal K, Sharma S and Barmota H 2025. Dissipation and dietary risk evaluation of cyantraniliprole, diafenthiuron and its metabolites in tomato. J Food Compos Anal 137: 106965. (NAAS rating = 10.00)
  • Cheema HK, Kang BK, Jindal V, Kaur S and Gupta VK  2020. Biochemical mechanisms and molecular analysis of fenvalerate resistant population of Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) Crop Prot 127: 104951 (NAAS rating: 7.92)
  • Cheema RS and Sandhu IPS 2024. Efficacy of microbial biopesticides to manage Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus) and Plutella Xylostella (Linnaeus) in cauliflower.  Int  J  Trop  Insect  Sci   http://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01296-4  (NAAS rating 7.20)
  • Cheema RS, Sandhu IPS and Sharma S 2021. Development of Plutella  xylostella   Linnaeus   on   cauliflower   leaves   under   different  temperature   and   CO2    levels.   Int  J  Trop  Insect  Sci http://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00688-0 (NAAS rating 7.20)
  • Cheema RS, Sandhu IPS, Smriti Sharma and Kuldeep sharma 2024. Impact of  temperature and carbon dioxide on food consumption and nutritional indices of plutella xylostella Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) cauliflower. Int J Trop Insect Sci  http://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01264-y (NAAS rating 7.20)
  • Dash SP, Dipankar P, Burange PS, Rouse BT and Sarangi PP 2021. Climate change: how it impacts the emergence, transmission, resistance and consequences of viral infections in animals and plants. Crit Rev Microbiol 47: 307-22. (NAAS rating 13.35)
  • Dhaliwal N and Aggarwal N 2024. Alternate hosts and seasonal carry-over of eggplant shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Int J Trop Insect Sci 44(4): 1691-1701. (NAAS rating: 7.1)
  • Ghongade DS and Sangha KS 2023. Biological control potentials of Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) against Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on polyhouse grown parthenocarpic cucumber in North-Western India. Int J Pest Manage https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2023.2266424 (NAAS rating 7.10)
  • Ghongade DS and Sangha KS 2024. Microbial biorationals as an effective alternative to pesticides for control of two spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) on parthenocarpic cucumber grown under protected conditions Int J Trop Insect Sci https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01155-8 (NAAS rating 7.10)
  • Ghongade DS, Sangha KS, Dhall RK and  Bhullar MB 2022. Field evaluation of Blaptostethus pallescens Poppius (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) in controling Tetranychus urticae Koch on parthenocarpic cucumber under protected environments. Int J Acarol (https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2022.2041091 (NAAS rating = 7.24)
  • Gill JK, Sangha KS, Shera, PS and Sharma S 2022. Insecticidal toxicity to Trichogramma chilonis Ishii (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and subsequent effects on parasitic efficiency and adult emergence rate of descendant generation. Int J Trop Insect Sci  42(5): 3489-98 (NAAS rating 7.10)
  • Grewal GK, Joshi N and Suneja Y 2021. Pathogenicity of Metarhizium rileyi (Farlow) Kepler, S.A. Rehner and Humber isolates against Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) and their extracellular enzymatic activities. Egyptian J Biol Pest Control 31: 59. (NAAS rating 8.10)
  • Harshavardhan P, Kaur A and Kumar V 2024. Assessing the influence of alternating temperature on growth and development of Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) in Btcotton. Int J Trop Insect Sci https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01287-5 (NAAS rating 7.20)
  • Jain S, Singh G, Jindal V and Singh A 2021. Resolving the etiological conundrum of the gummy stem, sudden death and leaf blight syndromes of bottle gourd in Indo-Gangetic plains of India. J Pl Path 103: 433–441 (NAAS rating: 7.15)
  • Jindal V, Li D, Rault LC, Fatehi S, Singh R, Mating M, Zou Y, Ng HL, Kaczmarek K, Zabrocki J, Gui S, Smagghe G, Anderson TD, Nachman RJ and Park Y 2022. Bee-safe peptidomimetic acaricides achieved by comparative genomics. Sci Rep 12: 17263 (NAAS rating: 10.38)
  • Jindal V, Park Y and Kim D 2021. Functional characterization of ecdysis triggering hormone receptors (AgETHR-A and AgETHR-B) in the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Front Physiol. 12. doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.702979 (NAAS rating: 9.37)
  • Jose A, Doker I, Gowda CC, Kreiter S, Bhullar MB and Mulimani V 2024. New records and complimentary description of four species of Phytoseiidae(Acari : Mesostigmata) from India. Syst Appl Acarol 29(10): 1386-1402 (NAAS rating = 7.30)
  • Kamboj R, Sharma S, Mandal K and Kang BK 2024. Tandem mass spectrometric analysis of residual persistence, decontamination and dehydration on cyantraniliprole residues in chilli. J Food Composition Anal 125: 105786 (NAAS rating = 10.52).
  • Karthigai Devi S, Banta G and Jindal V 2023. Technique to deliver dsRNA in Bemisia tabaci nymphs and its validation through silencing of juvenile hormone esterase gene. J Appl Ent 147(8): 611-621 (NAAS rating: 8.18)
  • Karthigai Devi S, Banta G and Jindal V 2024. Knockout of ecdysis triggering hormone receptor (ETHr) gene adversely affects the nymphal molting and adult reproduction in Bemisia tabaci. Pestic Biochem Phsyiol 199: 105766 (NAAS rating: 10.70)
  • Kaur H, Sharma S and Kang BK 2021. Estimation of indoxacarb and thiamethoxam residues in chilli. Int J Environ Anal Chem 103(17): 4924-41.  (NAAS rating: 7.43)
  • Kaur J and Aggarwal N 2025. Impact of Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab Toxins on the Development of the Predator Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi Through Prey‑Mediated Tri‑trophic Interactions. Neotrop Entomol 54(1): 43 (NAAS rating: 7.4)
  • Kaur J, Aggarwal N and Kular JS 2021. Abundance and diversity of arthropods in transgenic Bt and non-Bt cotton fields under Indian conditions.  Phytoparasitica 49(1): 61-72. (NAAS rating: 7.02)
  • Kaur S, Sharma S and Kang BK 2025. Method validation for estimation of imidacloprid and its metabolites in maize and soil by LCMS-MS. J Chromatogr Sci 63(2): bmaf005 doi: 10.1093/chromsci/bmaf005 (NAAS rating =7.5)
  • Kaur S, Sharma S, Kaur J and Jindal V 2025. Biochemical, Functional, and Molecular Profiling of three bacterial isolates with Bioremediation Potential for Imidacloprid. Environ Geochem Health. (accepted) (NASS rating: 9.20)
  • Kumar A, Brar PK, Mandal K and Sharma S 2025. Dissipation Kinetics of Trinexapac Acid in Paddy Leaves, Grain, Straw and Soil Using Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 114(1): 1-7. (NAAS rating = 8.7)
  • Kumar P, Brar PK, Kang BK and Sharma N 2024. Dissipation kinetics, dietary risk assessment and decontamination studies of tolfenpyrad in okra. J Food Composition Anal 131: 106252 (NAAS rating = 10.52).                  
  • KumarVijay, Kular JS, KumarR, Sidhu SS andChhuneja PK 2020. Integrated whitefly [Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)] management in Bt-cotton in North India: an agroecosystem-wide community-based approach. Current Sci 119(4): 618-24 (NAAS rating 7.10)
  • Mandal K, Joshi S, Bansal T, Sharma S and Kang BK 2022. Residual determination of spirotetrament and imidacloprid in onion and tomato crop by mass spectrometery. Int J Environ Anal Chem 104(16): 4352-63. (NAAS rating = 8.83)
  • Nag S, Bhullar MB and Kaur P 2020. Efficacy of biorationals against two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, (Acari: Tetranychidae) infesting green pepper cultivated under protected conditions. Int J Acarol DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2020.1811762 (NAAS rating = 7.24)
  • Nair IJ, Sharma S and Kaur R 2020. Efficacy of the green lace wing, Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi (Esben-Peterson) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), against sucking pests of tomato: an appraisal under protected conditions. Egyptian J Biol Pest Control 30: 74-79. (NAAS rating 8.10)
  • Nair IJ, Sharma S and Shera PS 2021. Impact of sticky traps of different colours and shapes against sucking pests of tomato under protected conditions: a randomized controlled trial. Int J Trop Insect Sci https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00453-3 (NAAS rating 7.10)
  • Peng J, Lv XL, Ran XT, Jindal V, Banta G, Gupta VK, Kumar V, Wu QJ, Mohindru B, McKenzie CL and Osborne LS 2025. Geographical distribution and genetic analysis reveal recent global invasion of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, primarily associated with only three haplotypes. Bull Entomol Res 115 (2): 1-13. (NAAS rating: 7.60)
  • Priya, Kumar R, Bhatt R, Kashyap L and Shera PS 2023. Silicon retention in soil and sugarcane cultivar and its impact on stalk borer (Chilo auricilius Dudgeon), yield and quality indices in Northwest India. Silicon https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-023-02508-1 (NAAS rating 8.80)
  • Puri H and Jindal V 2021. Target of Rapamycin (TOR) gene is vital for whitefly survival and reproduction. J Biosci 46: 60. DOI: 10.1007/s12038-021-00168-0 (NAAS rating: 7.65)
  • Rajeev, Sharma S and Mandal K 2024. Alterations in soil enzyme activities in response to new generation diamides. Water Air Soil Pollut 235: 457 (NAAS rating = 8.90)
  • Rasool R, Kang  BK and Mandal K 2022. Estimation of thiamethoxam and its metabolites in wheat using QuEChERS methodology combined with LC-MS/MS. Int J Environ Anal Chem 104(7): 1548-60 (NAAS rating = 8.83)
  • Rasool R, Kang BK and Mandal K 2021. Validation of QuEChERS method coupled with LCMS/MS for determination of thiamethoxam and its metabolites in wheat and soil. J AOAC Int 104(5): 1282-88. (NAAS rating = 7.51).
  • Sahoo S K, Sharma N, Mandal K and Kumar R 2021. Dissipation kinetics of metribuzin in sugarcane and soil under sub-tropical conditions of Punjab in India. Sugar Tech 23(6): 1359-65. (NAAS rating = 7.20).
  •  Saloni Nag, Kamaldeep Singh Sangha and Gurvinder Pal Singh Dhillon 2025. Comparative biology of Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in green and pink galls on Eucalyptus in north western India.  International Journal of Tropical Insect Science  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01411-5 (NAAS rating 7.20)
  •  Saloni Nag, Kamaldeep Singh Sangha and Gurvinder Pal Singh Dhillon 2025. Differences in gall development by invasive pest Eucalyptus gall wasp (Leptocybe invasa) in susceptible and resistant Eucalyptus Journal of Forestry Research (2025) 36:23 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-025-01820-3clones (NAAS rating 9.40)
  •  Saloni Nag, Kamaldeep Singh Sangha and Gurvinder Pal Singh Dhillon 2025. Seasonal prevalence and effect of abiotic factors on the invasive Eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa in North‑Western India Phytoparasitica (2025) 53:14 (NAAS rating 7.50)
  • Sharma N and Joshi N 2023. Toxicological behavior of entomopathogenic fungi with insecticides: in vitro growth efficacies and conidial process on mite cuticle. Int J Trop Insect Sci 42 (2): 1639-47 (NAAS rating 7.10)
  • Sharma N, Mandal K and Sharma S 2022. Dissipation and risk assessment of fluopyram and trifloxystrobin on onion by GC–MS/MS. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29(53): 80612-23 (NAAS rating = 10.22)
  • Sharma N, Mandal K and Sharma S 2024. Validation of LCMS/MS based method for residual estimation of tolfenpyrad and emamectin benzoate in brinjal and cauliflower and their risk assessment. J Food Compos Anal 136: 106803. (NAAS rating =10.30)
  • Sharma N, Mandal K, Bhullar HS, Brar PK and Sharma S 2022. Validation of analytical methodology for dissipation and persistence of diafenthiuron and cyantraniliprole on okra. Int J Environ Anal Chem 104(17): 5194-07. (NAAS rating = 8.83)
  • Sharma S Shera PS, Kaur R and Sangha K S 2020. Evaluation of augmentative biological control strategy against major borer insect pests of sugarcane – a large scale field appraisal. Egyptian J Biol Pest Control 30: 127 (NAAS rating 8.10)
  • Sharma T and Shera PS 2021. Biological anomalies in the sugarcane leafhopper, Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) due to parasitism by Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher) (Lepidoptera : Epipyropidae). Egyptian J Biol Pest Control 31: 137. (NAAS rating 8.10)
  • Sharma T and Shera PS 2023. Biological characteristics of ectoparasitoid, Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher) on various stages of its host, Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker). Int J Trop Insect Sci https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-022-00938-9 (NAAS rating 7.10)
  • Sharma T and Shera PS 2025. Lethal and sublethal effects of insecticides on different life stages of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher), a key parasitoid of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) in sugarcane. Phytoparasitica 53: 65 (NAAS rating 7.50)
  • Sharma T and Shera PS 2025. Seasonal abundance of Fulgoraecia melanoleuca (Fletcher), a key parasitoid of Pyrilla perpusilla (Walker) in different agro‑climatic zones of Punjab, India. Sugar Tech 27(2): 584-594 (NAAS rating 7.90)
  • Shera PS, Karmakar P, Sharma S, Kaur R and Sangha KS 2021. Bt cotton producing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab does not harm the parasitoid Aenasius arizonensis (Girault): a host-mediated tritrophic assay. Phytoparasitica https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-021-00908 (NAAS rating 7.50)
  • Shera PS, Thakur A, Chahal AS, Mangat HK, Kaur R, Sharma S and Sangha KS 2025. Effects of lac cultivation on growth, yield and biochemical parameters of Cajanus cajan (L.). Int J Tropical Insect Sci https://doi.org/10.1007/s 42690-025-01505-8 (NAAS rating 7.20)
  • Shubhadeep Biswas, Krishna Karmakar, Anamika Kar, Manmeet Brar Bhullar, Paramjit Kaur 2024. Descriptions of three new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Punjab, India with keys to the world species of the genus Paraphytoseius Swirski & Schechter, 1961. Biologia 79(1): DOI: 10.1007/s11756-023-01582-5 (NAAS rating = 7.50)
  • Singh G and Aggarwal N 2023. Alternate hosts of Bemisiatabaci (Gennadius) and    their role in its c-over to cotton in North-Western India. Int J Pest Manag 71(2): 170-82. (NAAS rating: 7.77)
  • Singh H and Joshi N 2020. Management of the aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), using biorational on capsicum under protected cultivation. Egyptian J Biol Pest Control 30: 67. (NAAS rating 8.10)
  • Singh H, Kaur H, Hunjan MS and Sharma S 2025. Unveiling toxigenic Fusarium species causing maize ear rot: Insights into fumonisin production potential. Front Plant Sci 16: 1516644.Doi 10.3389/fpls.2025.1516644 (NAAS rating =10.1)
  • Singh N, Sharma AB, Mandal K and Manchanda P 2025. Sodium alumino silicate (SAS) neem nanocomposite: A novel seed storage tool against toxigenic Aspergillus flavus causing deterimental effects on seeds health and quality of rice. Food Cont 168: 110908 (NAAS rating = 11.60).
  • Singh S, Singh V, Shera PS, Siraj M, Sandhu RK and Karim M 2023. Evaluation of augmentative biological control options against fruit and shoot borer, Conogethes punctiferalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in guava. Egyptian J Biol Pest Control 33: 115 (NAAS rating 8.10)
  • Thakur J, Bhullar MB and Jindal SK 2024.  Morphological basis of resistance in yellow mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus and thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis in chilli genotypes. Phytoparasitica 52: 46 (NAAS rating = 7.54)
  • Thakur J, Bhullar MB, Jindal SK and Kaur P 2024. Screening Chilli genotypes for yellow mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (banks) and thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis (Hood): towards pest-resilient varieties. Int J Trop Insect Sci https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01371-w (NAAS rating = 7.20)
  • Thakur S and Jindal V 2022. RNAi knockdown of capar gene affects survival and fecundity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). J Asia Pacific Ent.  25: 101940 (NAAS rating: 7.30)
  • Thakur S, Park Y and Jindal V 2024. The functional assay identified authentic interactions between CAPA peptides and the CAPA receptor isoforms in Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) Pestic Biochem Phsyiol 200: 105840. (NAAS rating: 10.70)