The global economic impact of ticks in the livestock sector is staggering, ranging from approximately 13.9–18.7 billion USD annually [1]. The economic impact ofRhipicephalus microplustick is greatest among all other genera because of its broad distribution and expansion in host range [2,3]. Coun...
Maruca vitratais an important pantropical and polyphagous insect pest of grain legumes. The adult emergence pattern and temporal variations in the calling and mating behaviour ofM. vitrataacross ages were studied. Observations revealed that adult emergence was not influenced significantly by sex, but by...
This effect is attributed both to the decrease of everyday/weekly commuting, but also – locally – to a consistent movement of migrant workers towards locations whose lower density was considered as safer. This is the case of flows from Delhi to Northern India, and of Rajasthan, Odisha, ...