Applied Microbiology: Open Access
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Tea Research Association, North Bengal Regional Research and Development Centre, West Bengal, India

Biography

Dr Azariah Babu, has completed Ph.D under the guidance of Prof. Dr. T. N. Ananthakrishnan and done Post Doctoral Research under the guidance of Professor (Mrs) Silvia Dorn at the SWISS Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) in the Institute of Plant Sciences, Applied Entomology Zurich, Switzerland. Have more 23 years of research experience in basic and applied aspects of Entomology and Plant protection.

Publications

• Mini Review   
  Tea Pest Management: A Microbiological Approach
  Author(s): Bhabesh Deka and Azariah Babu*
  
  Tea crop damage is caused by mites and insect pests, and each year a significant amount of crop loss is occurring due to their damage. The efficiency of synthetic pesticides has permitted for their widespread usage as a control tool over several decades. Synthetic pesticides, on the other hand, have resulted in the development of insect pest resistance, pollution, and pesticide residues in the finished product, etc, forcing the planting community to look for the development of an alternate strategy. Microbial pesticides have been employed to counter the mite and insect pest-damaging tendencies while a significant portion of scientific data suggests that their actions are both desirable and environmentally beneficial. The efficiency of entomopathogenic microorganisms against several tea pests was examined and the microbial biopesticides were found to be successful .. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2471-9315.21.7.206

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