An earth-friendly herbal pesticide from Pongamia pinnata L.

Authors

  • Akanksha Tripathi Department of Zoology, M.L.K.P.G. College, Balrampur, U.P., India
  • Neha Singh Department of Zoology, M.L.K.P.G. College, Balrampur, U.P., India
  • Markandey Misra Department of Zoology, M.L.K.P.G. College, Balrampur, U.P., India
  • Himanshu D Dwivedi Department of Botany, S.V.N.P.G. College, Kalan, Sultanpur, U.P., India
  • N K Dubey Department of Botany, S.V.N.P.G. College, Kalan, Sultanpur, U.P., India

Keywords:

Pongamia pinnata, , Herbal pesticide, Insect –pests.

Abstract

Today use of hazardous chemical pesticides is a major environmental problem in global agriculture. The large scale use of these pesticides is degrading soil quality, underground and surface water quality, food quality of products. Herbal pesticides are a potential option for their chemical counterparts. It was observed that the crop fields where Pongamia pinnata trees are planted, there is less or no infestation of various insect-pests round the year.The trees of Pongamia pinnata are found allover India and the use of Pongamia as pesticide is cost effective, environment friendly and is in the reach of common villagers and farmers of India.

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Author Biographies

Akanksha Tripathi, Department of Zoology, M.L.K.P.G. College, Balrampur, U.P., India

Department of Zoology, M.L.K.P.G. College, Balrampur, U.P., India

Neha Singh, Department of Zoology, M.L.K.P.G. College, Balrampur, U.P., India

Department of Zoology, M.L.K.P.G. College, Balrampur, U.P., India

Markandey Misra, Department of Zoology, M.L.K.P.G. College, Balrampur, U.P., India

Department of Zoology, M.L.K.P.G. College, Balrampur, U.P., India

Himanshu D Dwivedi, Department of Botany, S.V.N.P.G. College, Kalan, Sultanpur, U.P., India

Department of Botany, S.V.N.P.G. College, Kalan, Sultanpur, U.P., India

N K Dubey, Department of Botany, S.V.N.P.G. College, Kalan, Sultanpur, U.P., India

Department of Botany, S.V.N.P.G. College, Kalan, Sultanpur, U.P., India

Published

28-06-2012

How to Cite

Tripathi, A., Singh, N., Misra, M., Dwivedi, H. D., & Dubey, N. K. (2012). An earth-friendly herbal pesticide from Pongamia pinnata L. Current Botany, 3(2). Retrieved from https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/cb/article/view/1392

Issue

Volume 3, Issue 2, 2012

Section

Regular Articles