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Last name :
KUMAR
First name :
Sarwan
Entrance year :
2024
Occupation :
Senior Entomologist
Phone :
+918837675449
Email :
sarwanent(at)pau.edu
Address :
DR SARWAN KUMAR, HOUSE NO 10/114, P.A.U. CAMPUS, LUDHIANA-141004, INDIA 141004 Ludhiana / India
Main fields of interest :
- Crop protection
Professional experience : I have more than 17 years of experience in the field of oilseeds pest management including rapeseed-mustard, sunflower, groundnut and sesame.
Education : PhD in Entomology (2005) from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India
Selected publications : 1. Sharma S, Kumar S, Kaur G and Banga SS. 2022. Floral volatiles may influence honey bee visitations in oilseed Brassica species. Journal of Crop Improvement (Taylor and Francis) 37(1): 119-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427528.2022.2059604
2. Palial S, Kumar, S., Atri C, Sharma S and Banga SS. 2022. Antixenosis and antibiosis mechanisms of resistance to turnip aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) in Brassica juncea-fruticulosa introgression lines. Journal of Pest Science 95:749-760. doi: 10.1007/s10340-021-01418-8
3. Agrawal N, Gupta M, Atri C, Akhatar J, Kumar S, Heslop-Harrison PJS, Banga SS. 2021. Anchoring alien chromosome segment substitutions bearing gene(s) for resistance to mustard aphid in Brassica juncea-B. fruticulosa introgression lines and their possible disruption through gamma irradiation. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 2021 Oct; 134(10):3209-3224 doi: 10.1007/s00122-021-03886-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34160642.
4. Kumar S. 2021. Evaluation of insecticides for their field efficacy against turnip aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) on Indian mustard. Journal of Oilseed Brassica 12(2): 113-116.
5. Kumar S. 2021. Evaluation of bio-rational products against turnip aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) on Indian Mustard. Journal of Oilseed Brassica 12(2): 127-130.
6. Kumar, S. and Sharma, R. 2020. Field efficacy of insecticides against two different feeding guilds: the sap sucking Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) and foliage feeder Pieris brassicae (L.) infesting Indian mustard. Journal of Oilseed Brassica 11(1): 29-33.
