Tamal Das

About

I am working in the area of sericulture, insect ecology, behavior, and management of insect pests and weeds. I have made significant contributions to sericulture, pest management, and biological control. I have explored alternative host plants for Eri silkworms, establishing banyan as an alternative host plant, which has the potential to increase Eri silkworm production in various regions. I have also recorded a new distribution of the tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta, from Salakati, Kokrajhar district, Assam, contributing valuable data on this species' geographical range. In collaboration with CSIR-NCL, Pune, I discovered a new endoparasitoid, Exorista deligata, against the major tea pest Hyposidra talaca, a significant advancement in sustainable tea pest management. Currently, I am working on silkworm stress physiology, exploring how environmental factors affect the biology and productivity of silkworms, aiming to identify biochemical pathways that influence stress resilience, which could improve silkworm rearing practices and silk production.

Employment

• Tea Research Association Former Junior Research Fellow
  2021 - 2023

Education

• Banaras Hindu University Ph.D.
  2024 - Present

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (13)

• Thermal Stress and Its Effects on the Gut Microbiome of Parthenium Beetles
  Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 2025 DOI: 10.1002/arch.70058
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• Lepidopteran pests of Mulberry: Biology, geographical distribution, management and future directions
  Munis Entomology and Zoology 2025
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• New record of larval-pupal endoparasitoid Exorista deligata parasitising Indian Tea looper Hyposidra talaca from India
  Phytoparasitica 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s12600-024-01121-1
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• MAJOR SUCKING INSECT PESTS OF THE MULBERRY PLANT WITH REFERENCE TO BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
  Futuristic Trends in Agriculture Engineering & Food Sciences Volume 3 Book 7 2024 DOI: 10.58532/v3bcag7p1ch1
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• Measurement of response to selection in silkworm commercial hybrids against individual selection of parental lines
  International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s42690-023-01123-2
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• Lepidopteran pests of tea: Biology, geographical distribution, and management
  Phytoparasitica 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s12600-023-01062-1
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• Effect of castor, Ricinus communis L. and banyan, Ficus benghalensis L. plants on economic traits of eri silkworm, Samia ricini Donovan (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
  International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s42690-022-00919-y
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• ANTHERAEA MYLITTA DRURY (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE): A NEW DISTRIBUTION RECORDED FROM SALAKATI, KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT, ASSAM, INDIA
  Munis Entomology and Zoology 2022
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• BIOLOGY OF PHILOSAMIA RICINI ON HOST PLANT RICINUS COMMUNIS
  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL REVIEWS 2018
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• ETHNOBOTANICAL PLANTS USED IN VARIOUS FORMS TO CURE DIABETES- A BRIEF STUDY IN BHOWRAGURI VILLAGE OF KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT, BTC, ASSAM, INDIA
  International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences 2017
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