Investigations on "Studies on sunflower pollinators and efficacy of biopesticides against major insect pests of sunflower" were carried out in College of Agriculture Parbhani, VNMKV, Maharashtra during rabi, 2022. Insect diversity study on sunflower variety Ajeet-531 revealed that the crop was visited by twelve species of insect viz., Apis mellifera, Apis dorsata, A. florea, Trigona iridipennis and Xylocopa fenestrate, Ischipdon scutallaris, Danaus plexippus, Amata bicincta, Pieris rapae, Papilio demoleus,Chielomenes sexmaculata and one green lacewing species. In efficacy of NSKE5% proved...

Investigations on "Effect Of Growth Regulators On Biology And Economic Traits Of Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.)" carried out to know the "Effect of growth regulators on growth and economic traits of bivoltine silkworm Bombyx mori L." The experiment was conducted at Department of Agricultural Entomology, College of Agriculture, Parbhani during the month July-August 2022. The disease free layings of FC1xFC2 bivoltine silkworm were used in the investigation. The laboratory experiment was conducted in completely randomized design with ten treatments and four replications. One hundred larvae were...