Insect Reproduction Laboratory

Principal Investigator:

Dr Kamal Kumar Gupta

Professor

Department of Zoology

kgupta@db.du.ac.in

kamal_suyash@yahoo.com

Research Areas

• Insect-Plant Interaction

• Insect Reproductive Behavior and Physiology

• Vector Biology and Management

Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under Progress

1. Mr Vijay Kumar Shah

2. Ms Chandni Sharma

3. Ms Ashu Chaudhary

4. Ms Priyanka

Supervision of Awarded Doctoral Thesis

1. Shailendra Kumar: Influence of Farnesol on Growth, Development and Reproduction of Red Cotton Bug Dysdercus koenigii Fabricius (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Ph. D. awarded on Oct 18, 2022

2. Sunil Kayesth: Influence of Plant Extracts on Survival, Longevity, Growth, Development and Reproductive Bioactivities of Dysdercus koenigii. Ph. D., awarded on March 9, 2016

3. Monika Mishra: Evaluation of the Bio-efficacy of Thevetia neriifolia Extracts on the Growth and Development of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ph. D. awarded on March 4, 2016

Supervision of M.Sc. Dissertation

• Payal Gupta 2017. In Silico Determination of Mechanism of Farnesol in Dysdercus koenigii. Dissertation submitted to Jamia Milia Islamia. New Delhi

Research Facilities and Infrastructure

• UV spectrometer, Cary 60 UV-Vis, Agilent Technologies

• Refrigerated centrifuge, Sigma 3-18KS

• UV Transilluminator

• Orbital shaker

• Centrifuge, Eppendorf, Mini Spin

• Bright field Microscope, Nikon Eclipse E200LED ,

• Phase contrast Microscope, Motic B series, With Imaging functions

• Stereo Zoom Microscope, Nikon, C-LEDS with monitoring and recording functions

• Digital Balance, Sartorius

• Vacuum Rotary Evaporator (Buchi)

• Soxhlet Extraction Unit

• Basic paraphernalia to conduct Molecular Biology and Biochemical work

• Facilities for rearing and culture and behavioural studies of insects