Bilal AttaRice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku, Punjab, Pakistan · Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad - Department of Agriculture - Government of Punjab
Bilal Atta
M. Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture - Agricultural Entomology
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Introduction
Bilal Atta has expertise in research related to Integrated Pest Management of Rice and other agricultural crops.
Additional affiliations
October 2017 - present
Rice Research Institute, Kala shah Kaku, Punjab, Pakistan
Position
- Research Officer
Education
January 2011 - December 2012
January 2006 - December 2010
January 2004 - December 2005
B.I.S.E. Lahore
Field of study
- Pre- medical
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Publications (66)
Brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is an economically important insect pest of rice crop worldwide including Pakistan. The use of chemicals insecticides to control the BPH population has been considered an effective strategy. However, long-term and intensive use of insecticides has resulted in resistance aga...
Citrus fruits are rich in macronutrients, such as simple sugars and nutritional fiber, and provide many kinds of micronutrients containing thiamine, vitamin B6, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and copper, which are vital for keeping health and normal growth. Production of citrus was strongly affected by citr...
Wheat Triticum aestivum (L.) is an important staple food in Pakistan. However, post-harvest losses either quantitatively (weight loss, commercial loss) or qualitatively (changed appearance and lower nutritional value) by various stored grains insect pests, and environmental conditions are major concern. This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy...
Rice is best known as a staple food for half of the world's population. Brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is a serious insect pest of rice crops throughout Asia. In case of a severe attack, the whole crop turns brown called 'hopperburn' and farmers face great yield losses. The experiments were performed to evalua...
Abstract Background The peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is a serious polyphagous pest of fruits and vegetables. Chemical management of B. zonata in fruits results in toxic residues that have adverse health effects on consumers resulting in increased demand for eco-friendly approaches. Laboratory bioassay was co...
Climate change may affect all organisms, including plants, insects, and their interactions between climate, plants and herbivores. Furthermore, the physiology, behavior, development and distribution of insect species can also be affected by climate change. On the other hand, the population abundance of insect species is controlled by host plants, n...
The non-persistent impact of biocontrol agents can be revealed for pest control when associated entomopathogenic fungi (EPFs) negatively affect the natural enemies. In this assay, impacts of Beauvaria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin were studied for their compatibility or side effects on life table pa...
Rice leaffolder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée), is one of the most destructive and key pests of
rice in Asian countries. Effective insecticides are available to cope with this pest, but this solution is not a long-term strategy because of apprehensions about health and environmental hazards, exposure risks, residual perseverance and developmen...
Insecticides are the most economic and quick tool to control harmful agricultural insect pests which reduce crop productivity. However, these insecticides have a suppressive and negative impact on non-targeted beneficial fauna. The efficiency and mode of action of numerous insecticides are also much diverse. Therefore, we studied the sublethal impa...
The toxicity of seven biorational insecticides [five insect growth regulators (Buprofezin, Fenoxycarb, Pyriproxyfen, Methoxyfenozide, and Tebufenozide) and two oil-extracts of neem and bitter gourd seeds] against Bemisia tabaci and their selectivity for its parasitoid, Encarsia formosa were evaluated in laboratory and field conditions for 2 years (...
Chemical control of Bactrocera cucurbitae in crops biomagnifies toxic residues in fruits and vegetables imposes health-hazard
effects on consumers and demands for eco-friendly approaches. Present research assessed the bio-efficacy of Beauveria
bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Verticillium lecanii and Bacillus thuringiensis by adult-diet-bioassay a...
Diversity of planthoppers and their host plants were studied in the “Kallar” tract of the Punjab, Pakistan (an important growing area of the world for producing Basmati rice). Planthoppers are considered the most important pests of rice. Delphacidae and Cixiidae are families of planthoppers with the most harmful species. Delphacids are primarily ve...
The use of pesticides for greenbug, Schizaphis graminum in wheat not only can manage the pest population but also can influence its predator, Coccinella septempunctata. Acute and chronic effects of imidacloprid, clothianidin and sulfoxaflor on S. graminum and its predator, C. septempunctata were investigated. The results showed that LC50 of imidacl...
The current study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) as an alternative strategy for the sustainable control of Nilaparvata lugens. Three species of EPF, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Lecanicillium lecanii, were tested against N. lugens with two suspensions of each tested EPF applied in different...
Compatibility of entomopathogenic fungi (EPFs) viz. Verticillium lecanii, Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana with Azadirachta indica extract (alone and in combinations) was evaluated against 2nd instar larvae of the cotton pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) under controlled conditions. Results i...
Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is one of the key insect pests of stored grains. Due to export regulations and zero-tolerance for alive insects in trade commodities, synthetic pesticides are often used to eliminate pest infestation in consignments. Phosphine is currently one and the only acceptable chemical used in stored g...
Integrated pest management (IPM) relies on a merger of rational practices and always considered as an effective and environment-friendly approach to managing pests. The present study was conducted at different locations in the Multan District, Punjab Province, Pakistan for two consecutive years 2016-17 to devised four IPM modules (PRMM-1, PRMM-2, P...
Thrips are serious pests of crops, vegetables and fruiting trees. Various species of thrips infest citrus at fruit formation as well as the new leaves sprouts. Their presence and damage ultimately reduce the export value of fruits, therefore, field studies were carried out to check the biodiversity of citrus thrips on a citrus cultivar fruiter earl...
Aphids are the utmost common and predominant pest of oilseed brassica crops which caused 70-80% of losses in yield. So, a study was conducted to check the comparative incidence and abundance of canola aphids, Brevicoryne brassicae, Lipaphis erysimi and Myzus persicae. Results revealed that the incidence of all aphids appeared on the leaves and the...
Post-harvest storage of wheat in grain storage bags is commonly adopted practice in many developing countries, which offers a viable chemical-free approach to control storage insects. The damage potential of Tribolium castaneum in wheat grains stored in different storage bags at various storage periods was studied. A highly significant effect (P <...
A study was conducted at different locations of Multan from March 2016 to April 2017 in which 4 IPM modules were devised for mango in comparison with the control, with the focus of pesticides residues mitigation and maximum yield. Pesticides residues mitigation modules (PRMMs) were based on the IPM tactics to suppress pest population with no or min...
Vegetable production is concentrated in peri-urban areas as related to the rural production areas
because of increasing people preferences towards the ingestion of fresh vegetables and nutritious
diet. Vegetables are good source of proteins, minerals and vitamins, which are essential for human
health. Agricultural commercialization provides diff...
An assay was designed to evaluate the efficacy of each entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana, and diatomaceous (DE) and their combinations at concentrations of 1 × 10 6 and 1 × 10 8 conidia kg −1 of wheat and 200 and 400 ppm, respectively, on the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera), infesting wheat. Perc...
Use of pesticides is the main approach adopted by many farmers to manage agricultural insect pests which not only reduced infestation level of these insect pests, but also responsible for the resistance and resurgence development, causes mortality of beneficial arthropods, and environmental and health hazards. Many researchers are busy to find out...
The rice leaf roller or leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), is a serious pest of rice crop in Pakistan. The present study was carried out to evaluate the virulence of the entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) Beauveria bassiana, Verticillium lecanii, and Metarhizium anisopliae against the third instar of C. medinalis lar...
Rice crop is affected by many insect pests like White Stem Borer, Yellow Stem Borer and Pink Stem Borer. Rice stem borers are main pests affecting rice crop from nursery to physiological maturity including them in key pests. These studies had been carried out to discover the encouraging and antagonistic boundaries of weather parameters for the rice...
Abiotic stresses extremely affect crop productivity and agro-morphological and biochemical properties of all Brassica species. Due to these stresses, yield of many important Brassica species decreases by disturbing their normal growth rate. In this review, we have highlighted the latest reports about the impact of different abiotic stresses on diff...
Limitation to archives maximum crop productivity by phosphorus (P) is wide spread and will probably increase day by day. P use efficiency can be increased by improved uptake of phosphate from soil (P-acquisition efficiency) and by maximization of productivity per unit P-use efficiency. In this review we discussed how we can improve P-use efficiency...
Rice stem borers are notorious insect pests of rice crop and the damage caused by them to crop makes them one of the important pests of rice crop. This was observed that rice insect pests prevail for a specific period. This study was carried out to find the favorable and hostile limits of weather parameters for the rice stem borers. The population...
Rice leaffolder has become a serious pest in the last two decades. It causes up to 50 to 70 percent leaf damage and consequently up to 46 percent yield losses in case of severe infestation. A field experiment was conducted at Rice Research Institute, Kala Shah Kaku Punjab Pakistan in which population incidence of rice leaffolder and efficacy of dif...
Field-rats may damage rice at all stages, from sowing through to ripening and harvest and causing significant damage to agricultural production throughout the world. The present study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of different rodenticide treated baits (rodenticides mixed with a bait substrate, usually mixed and coated onto grains s...
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of five Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs) i.e., Methoxyfenozide (Runner® 240SC), Lufenuron (Silent® 5EC), Triflumuron (Capture® 20SC), Pyriproxyfen (Priority® 10.8EC) and Lufenuron (Match® 50EC) against dusky cotton bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis and its impact on lint quality of cotton. Counted numbe...
Six transgenic cotton varieties (Sitara-009, FH-114, Neelum-121, Ali Akbar-703, FH-142, MNH-886) were sown without application of any insecticide till maturity of the crop. Data of sucking insect pests was started after seedling emergence and taken fortnightly and continued up till harvesting the crops. The sucking insect population further correla...
A study was conducted in the Integrated Pest Management Laboratory, Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, during 2014 to evaluate the effect of different formulations of some insect growth regulators (IGRs) on mortality and natality of Phenacoccus solenopsis. P. solenopsis was raised in the laboratory conditions...
The current study was conducted to assess the performance of transgenic and conventional cotton cultivars in response to population dynamics of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in field under RCBD. Five transgenic cotton cultivars (FH-4243, FH-167, FH-113, FH-187 and FH-114) and five conventional cotton cultivars (FH-942, FH-1000, FH-207, FH-901 and FH-94...
Cotton plays critical role in the economy of Pakistan. Thrips tabaci is reported as minor sucking pest of various field crops including cotton but in severe cases it causes heavy loss to cotton crop. In many cropping systems, the most common and plentiful predator of sucking insect pest like, aphid is ladybird beetle (Coccinella septempunctata.). T...
Different concentrations of five Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs) including Runner® 240SC (Methoxyfenozide), Silent® 5EC (Lufenuron), Capture® 20SC (Trifl umuron), Priority® 10.8EC (Pyriproxyfen) and Match® 50EC (Lufenuron) were tested against dusky cotton bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis. The experiment was conducted under laboratory conditions with t...
This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of cotton cultivars in response to population fluctuation of Bemisia tabaci and Thrips tabaci in field under Randomized Complete Block Design. Two transgenic cotton cultivars (FH-114 and FH- 901) and two conventional cotton cultivars (FH-1000 and CIM-496) were used during this study, respectively...
The study was conducted to evaluate repellency of five Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs) i.e., Methoxyfenozide (Runner® 240SC), Lufenuron (Silent® 5EC), Triflumuron (Capture® 20SC), Pyriproxyfen (Priority® 10.8EC) and Lufenuron (Match® 50EC) against dusky cotton bug (DCB), Oxycarenus hyalinipennis. Seedcotton was treated with LC50, LC70 and LC90 befo...
The current study was conducted to assess the performance of transgenic and conventional cotton cultivars in response to population dynamics of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in field under RCBD. Five transgenic cotton cultivars (FH-4243, FH-167, FH-113, FH-187 and FH-114) and five conventional cotton cultivars (FH-942, FH-1000, FH-207, FH-901 and FH-94...
Questions
Questions (25)
Hello everyone
I have 88 treatments in my research. So is it compulsory to mention english lettering in Tukey HSD test for the comparison of mean values?
Hello,
I am performing statistical analysis of my research data by comparing the mean values by using Tukey HSD test. I got homogeneous group in both small and capital alphabets. This is because of large number of treatments in my study. Is this type of homogeneous group is acceptable for publication in any journal?
Hello,
I am preforming research to check the impact of different storage bags on the damage parameters of maize due to red flour beetle at different storage times.
Treatments: 8 storage bags (SB)
Infestation time: 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, 120, 135 and 150 days
Parameters: Percent grain damage (GD%), Final adult density (FAD), Percent weight loss (PWL) and Weight of insect feeding residues (WIFR).
How to statistically analyze the data of this experiment.
Data of one parameter is also attached with this question.
Thanks
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I am working on protein purification from entomopathogenic fungus Verticillium lecanii and Beauveria bassiana through ammonium sulfate precipitation method. I used AKTA explorer machine to separate the different protein but I did not get any protein. Please tell me the procedure how to purify the protein.
I shall be very thankful to you.
Hello everyone,
I studied some research papers that soil pH will be changed after the addition of sodium metasilicate. So many of them used 0.01N H2SO4 for adjusting pH under laboratory and greenhouse condition. My question is it is easy to adjust pH in laboratory and greenhouse experiments but how I will adjust the pH during my field experiments? Because I will used large quantity of sodium matasilicate in field experiments. Kindly guide me with your nice suggestions.
