Bhupendra Kumar

About

I am currently working in the field of insect behaviour and the management of insect pests. I have two Ph.D. students who are working with me to explore various feeding and mating behavioural patterns of an aphidophagous coccinellid beetle, Menochilus sexmaculatus and a phytophagous chrysomelid beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata. During the past one year of research work, we have unveiled the presence of food resource polymorphism as a strategy to overcome intraspecific competition in both the beetles. Besides, we have shown that under food fluctuating conditions, both the beetles exhibit compensatory feeding so as to nullify the adverse effects of scarce food availability; and have published these findings in national and international journals. In the coming years, we would be focusing on the presence of anti-microbial peptides in the hemolymph of these beetles so that both the experimental models may be exploited in future to produce the pharmaceutical products.

Employment

• Banaras Hindu University Faculty of Science Assistant Professor
  2015 - Present
• P.B.R. Agriculture Degree College Assistant Professor
  2014 - 2015
• Sharda University School of Allied Health Sciences Assistant/ Associate Lecturer
  2009 - 2010

Education

• University of Lucknow Ph.D.
  2011 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (57)

• Untargeted metabolomics and detoxification of parthenium weed phytotoxins across life stages of Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
  Arthropod-Plant Interactions 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11829-026-10244-7
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• Semiochemicals from coccinellid beetles modulate feeding attributes, reproductive parameters and antioxidant enzyme activities in Parthenium beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister
  Physiological Entomology 2026 DOI: 10.1111/phen.70038
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• Thermal Stress‐Induced Metabolic Shifts in the Parthenium Beetle: An Untargeted Metabolomics Study
  Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 2026 DOI: 10.1002/arch.70126
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• Exploring the relationship between dung beetles and mammalian species in Indian subcontinent
  Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2026.102538
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• Habitat-driven patterns of dung beetle distribution in the Indian subcontinent
  Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s43538-026-00802-1
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• Conspecific semiochemical tracks on host plants modulate reproduction and defense in parthenium beetles
  Physiological Entomology 2026 DOI: 10.1111/phen.70015
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• Temperature modulates feeding attributes, biochemical assimilation of macronutrients and rate of development in larvae of Parthenium beetles
  Physiological Entomology 2025 DOI: 10.1111/phen.12493
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• Morphometric analysis of Parthenium beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata (Pallister) under thermal-stress conditions
  International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s42690-025-01576-7
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• Functional complexity of Parthenium beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata (Pallister) under thermal-stress conditions: Insights from Gene Ontology
  Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2025.102425
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• Impact of short‐ and long‐duration thermal stress on antioxidant enzyme activity in Parthenium beetles
  Physiological Entomology 2025 DOI: 10.1111/phen.12475
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