RESEARCH PROJECTS (Total Funding about 1.15 crore)
- Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi
Title of Project – Larval orientation and feeding responses of Helicoverpa armigera
determining Susceptibility/resistance of Pigeonpea genotypes.
(Ref. SP/SO/C-12/97)
- Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi
Title of Project: Development of insects as bioreactors for Protein synthesis
( BT/PR/3367/MED/14/449/2002)
- Department of Science and Technology, New delhi
Title of Project: Orientation of Cotesia plutellae to different food sources and their
effects on longevity, parasitisation, and flight activity of adult parasitoid.
( Ref SR/SO/AS/2010)
- University Grants Commission
Title of Project: Biological Activity of certain plants against Helicoverpa armigera.
(Ref. F. No. 41-185/2012 (SR)
- Title: Formulation of artificial diet for rearing of green stink bug nezara viridula (l.),
and study the effect of neem kernel extracts on its feeding behaviour (2007-08)
( DST/Purse grant. Ref. Dean (R)/ R & D/ 2007/73)
- Title: Effect of temperature and food on longevity and parasitization of larval
parasitoid cotesia plutellae (hymenoptera:braconidae) (2008-09)
( DST/Purse grant Ref. Dean (R)/R & D/2008/230)
- Title: Ovipositional responses of Spodoptera litura (fabricius) in relation to its age, diurnal cycle, plant and non-plant surfaces (2009 - 10)
(DST/Purse grant Ref. Dean (R) / R & D /2009/487)
- Title: Behavioural and physiological responses of Spilosoma obliqua larvae to crude extracts of Melia azedarach (l.) (2010-11)
(DST/Purse grant Ref. No. Dean(R)/ R&D/2010/1311)
- Title: Growth inhibitory and antifeedant activity of certain indigenous plants against
Helicoverpa armigera. (2011-12)
(DST/Purse grant Ref. No. Dean (R)/ R & D/2011/423)
- Title: Effect of certain botanicals on development, survival and reproduction of Lipaphis erysimi and Aphis craccivora (2012-13)
(DST/Purse grant Ref. Dean (R)/ R & D/2012/917)
- Title: Antifeedant and toxic effects of Lantana camara extracts on Plutella xylostella
(Lepidoptera:Plutellidae) (2013-14). Ref. DRCH/R&D/2013-14/4155)
