Selvakaran Devasahayam

About

Significant contributions include, studies on bio-ecology of major insect pests of cashew, black pepper, cardamom, ginger and turmeric and developing integrated pest management strategies against them.

Employment

• ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research
  1977 - 2017

Education

• University of Calicut PhD

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (20)

• Field evaluation of Lecanicillium psalliotae and development of an integrated pest management strategy against Sciothrips cardamomi
  Biological Control 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104822
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• Characterization and biocontrol potential of a naturally occurring isolate of Metarhizium pingshaense infecting Conogethes punctiferalis
  Microbiological Research 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126645
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• Plant morphological traits associated with field resistance to cardamom thrips ( Sciothrips cardamomi ) in cardamom ( Elettaria cardamomum )
  Annals of Applied Biology 2020 DOI: 10.1111/aab.12592
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• Mermithid parasitism of shoot borer (Conogethes punctiferalis ) infesting ginger and turmeric and its biocontrol potential
  Annals of Applied Biology 2018 DOI: 10.1111/aab.12457
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• Multifarious plant growth promotion by an entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium psalliotae
  Microbiological Research 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2017.11.017
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• Status of Shoot and Fruit Borer, Conogethes sahyadriensis, on Spice Crops
  The Black spotted, Yellow Borer, Conogethes punctiferalis Guenée and Allied Species 2018 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0390-6_16
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• Characterization and virulence of Beauveria bassiana associated with auger beetle ( Sinoxylon anale ) infesting allspice ( Pimenta dioica )
  Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2016.07.016
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• Spices
  Mealybugs and their management in agricultural and horticultural crops 2015
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• Single strain infection of adult and larval cardamom thrips (Sciothrips cardamomi) byWolbachiasubgroupConbelonging to supergroup B in India
  Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 2015 DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2014.970237
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• Isolation and characterization of a Lecanicillium psalliotae isolate infecting cardamom thrips (Sciothrips cardamomi) in India
  BioControl 2015 DOI: 10.1007/s10526-015-9649-4
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