Department of Entomology
Dr. Renu Pandey
Assistant Professor
Research Areas/Areas of interest
Research Projects
| S. No. | Name of project(s) | PI/Co-PI | Funding Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Setting of honey bee disease and diagnosis laboratory | PI | National Bee Board, New Delhi |
| 2. | All India Coordinated Research Project in Soybean | PI | ICAR, New Delhi |
| 3. | Integrated Rural Development: Empowering SC farmers and Rural Youth through Biological pest management and Beekeeping skills | PI | ICAR, New Delhi |
| 4. | Screening, efficacy evaluation and market potential assessment of biological product formulations for sustainable pest management | PI | Parijat Industries India Limited |
| 5. | Promotion of biological control based pest management technology for organic farming in Kotabagh block of district Nainital | Co-PI | NABARD |
| 6. | Women empowerment through beekeeping entrepreneurship development for sustained income generation | Co-PI | FMC, India Ltd |
| 7. | Setting of mini laboratory for testing and certification of bee products. | Co-PI | National Bee Board |
| 8. | Evaluating impact of neonicotinoids on Pollinators | Co-PI | ICAR |
| 9. | Superfarm India | Co-PI | University of Reading,United Kingdom |
| 10. | Pathological and molecular characterization of local isolates of entomopathogenic fungi | PI | SERB, DST |
Selected Research Publications
- Moorthy, A.V., Pandey, R. and Mall, P. 2025. Regional variations and adaptive morphology of A. cerana forelegs across India. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 15(1):55-61.
- Joshi, M., Pandey, R. and Joshi, R. 2024. Pathogenicity and histopathological studies for local isolates of entomopathogenic fungi, Nomuraea rileyi (Farlow) Samson against Thysanoplusia orichalcea(Fab.) and Spodoptera litura (Fab.)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) infesting soybean in Uttarakhand, India. Journal of entomological research. 48(4):449-456.
- Mehra, N., Pandey, R., Vireesha, P., Moorthy, a. V. and Kumar, S. 2024. Characterisation of indigenous entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema abbasi PN-1 Elawad and its biocontrol potential against major lepidopteran pests. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-024-01368-5.
- Suyal, P. and Pandey, R. 2024. Economical factitious diet for mass rearing of greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidotera:Pyralidae), a promising host for entomopathogenic nematodes. Egyptian Journal of Biological pest control. Springer.34:26
- Verma, R., Kushwaha, KPS, Kumar, S., Bisht, A., Rawat, S. and Pandey, R. 2024. Black gram(Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper): A new host plant of Fusarium humuli, F. chlomydosporum and F. nanum causing pod rot in India. Crop Protection. 175:106482.
- Moorthy, A. V. ,Pandey, R. and Mall, P. 2023. Protecting honeybees from pesticides: a call to action. Biodiversity. Taylor and Francis. 1-7.
- Tamata, A., Pandey, R, Sharma, J., Rai, R., Barman, M.,Deeksha, M. G., Bebasis, M., Mohapatra, P. Sami, R.,….and Helal, M. 2022. First record of Clonostachys rosea(Ascomycota: Hypocreales) entomopathogenic fungus in mango hopper Amritodus atkinsoni(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Pathogens.11,1447.
- Pandey, R., Kumar, A. and Tiwari, S. 2022. In-vitro compatibility of entomopathogenic fungi with plant extracts: a potential tool for insect pest management. Journal of entomological research. 46(4):763-768.
- Rai, R., Pandey, R. and Tamta, A. K.2022 Efficacy of sunflower oil formulation and conidial suspension of Beauveria bassiana against Spodoptera litura. Indian Journal of Entomology. 84(1):88-91.
- Kumar, A. and Pandey, R. 2022. New host plant records of fig wax scale Ceroplastesrusci(Linnaeus,1758) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa.14(2):20606-20614.
- Kumar, R., Mall, P. and Pandey, R. 2022. Response of neonicotinoid (Thiamethoxam 25 WG) spray at pre bloom on the abundance of Apis mellifera in Brassica rapa l. crop under caged environment. Annals of phytomedicine.11 (1):694-699.
- Rai, R., Pandey, R. and Tamta, A. K. and Thakur, H. 2022 Bioefficacy of sunflower oil formulation and conidial suspension of local isolate of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana against Galleria melonella L. Journal of entomological research.46(4):769-774.
- Rai, R., Pandey, R. and Tamta, A. K. 2021Mass multiplication of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana with Agroindustrial wastes. Indian Journal of Entomology. 83(4):644-645.
- Kumar, V., Mall, P., Pandey, R.2021. Impact of age of comb on greater wax moth Galleria mellonellaL..Indian Journal of Entomology. 83(3):404-406.