Dr. Bikash Hazarika

Developmental biology and substrate preference of the quarantine pest, mango pulp weevil Sternochetus frigidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) under laboratory conditions

The mango pulp weevil, Sternochetus frigidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is a major monophagous and quarantine pest of mango ( Mangifera indica ) in tropical Asia, causing severe yield and quality losses due to its concealed feeding and development within fruit tissues. A labora...