Insect Reproduction Laboratory
Principal Investigator:
Dr Kamal Kumar Gupta
Professor
Department of Zoology
kamal_suyash@yahoo.com
Research Areas
Insect-Plant Interaction
Insect Reproductive Behavior and Physiology
Vector Biology and Management
Supervision of Doctoral Thesis, under Progress
Mr Vijay Kumar Shah
Ms Chandni Sharma
Ms Ashu Chaudhary
Ms Priyanka
Supervision of Awarded Doctoral Thesis
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
Sunil Kayesth: Influence of Plant Extracts on Survival, Longevity, Growth, Development and Reproductive Bioactivities of Dysdercus koenigii. Ph. D., awarded on March 9, 2016
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