PROFILE



Department of Entomology


Dr. A.K. Pandey


DESIGNATION: Professor
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D.
SPECIALISATION:Management of Soil Arthropods, IPM, Rice Entomology
EMAIL:drajay2002[at]gmail[dot]com
CONTACT NO.:+91-9927194497

Research Areas/Areas of interest

  • Integrated pest Management against Insect Pest Infesting Vegetables
  • Management of White Grub and Other Soil Arthropods
  • Management of Insect Pest of Rice

  • Research Projects

    Sl. No. Title of the project Name of the funding agency Duration
    1. All India Network Project on White grub and other Soil Arthropods ICAR, New Delhi 2018 to till date
    2. All India Coordinated Project on Rice ICAR, New Delhi 2021 to till date

    Publication and Conference

  • Research Papers: 30
  • Training: 05
  • Conference: 05
  • Books: 03
  • Booklet: 05
  • Folders: 15

  • Articles:

    1. Mayank Kumar and A. K. Pandey 2021. Pest Management in Organic Agriculture. Just Agriculture 2(4): 1-8
    2. Mayank Kumar and A K Pandey 2022. Could electromagnetic radiations have any effect on insects and their behavior? Indian Entomologist 3(2): 76-82

    Book Chapters:

    1. Pandey Ajay Kumar 2011. Insect pest of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and their management. A Potential leguminous Crop of India. ICAR Research Complex for Easter Region, ICAR Parisar, P.O. Bihar Veterinary College, Patana (Bihar): 367-376pp
    2. Sah, V.K. and Pandey, A. K. Apiculture for sustenance of Hill Ecosystem. In: Agriculture in Uttarakhand Hills. Directorate of Experiment Station, GBPUAT, Pantnagar, 227-242pp

    Selected Research Publications

    1. Vinod Kumara*, Chandra Shekhar Mathelaa, Geeta Tewaria, Ajay Kumar Pandey 2015. Biopesticide potential of (7r)-trans, trans-nepetalactone and cislachnophyllum ester in control of mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (kalt.) Jurnal Teknologi: 77(2):19-24

    2. Maurya, R. P., Sangeeta Tiwari and Pandey A. K. 2016. Efficacy of Acephate 50%+Imidacloprid 1.8% SP against sucking pests and fruit borer of okra. BIOINFOLET 13(3): 444-452

    3. Bijendra Kumar, A. K. Pandey and Chandra Dev 2016. Evaluation and validation of IPM technology for bell pepper (Capsicum annuum var. frutescens L.) through farmers’s participatory approach in mid Garhwal hills of Uttarakhand. International Journal of Plant Protection 9(1); 109-114

    4. Pandey, A. K., Bijendra Kumar and Chandra Dev 2016. Validation of IPM module against major insect pests and disease of cabbage in mid hills of Uttarakhand. Journal of Hill Agriculture 7(1):96-101

    5. Pandey, A. K. 2016. First report of sugarcane white grub, Lepidiota mansueta Burmeister and their bio-ecology from Uttarakhand. Journal of Hill Agriculture 7(1):168-171.

    6. Sushil Kumar and Ajay Kumar Pandey 2022. Population density of white grubs (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) in different crop ecosystem. The Pharma Innovation Journal 11(2): 603-606.

    7. Sushil Kumar and Ajay Kumar Pandey1 2022. Bio-efficacy of various insecticides against white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) infesting sugarcane. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-022-00820-8.

    8. Mayank Kumar and A K Pandey 2022. HOST PREFERENCE AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF HOLOTRICHIA NAGPURENSIS KHAN AND GHAI Indian Journal of Entomology 84(3): 667-669

    9. Mayank Kumar, A.K. Pandey and K. Sreedevi 2021. New Distributional Record of Holotrichia nagpurensis Khan and Ghai 1982 and Adult Beetle Host Range in Terai Region of Uttarakhand. Indian Journal of Ecology 48(5): 1438-1441

    10. Mayank Kumar and Ajay Kumar Pandey 2023. Biology of Rose Beetle (Adoretus versutus) from Terai Foothills of Kumaon Region in India. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. 46(3):189–192

    Students Guided

  • Advisement of students (UG):   20
  • Advisement of students PG students:   05
  • Advisement of students Ph.D. students:   01

  • Awards

  • Outstanding Professional Award 2010 by India Society of Hill Agriculture Hill Campus, Ranichauri, India during Nation symposium on Technological Intervention for sustainable Agriculture w.e.f. 3-5 May, 2011
  • Found fellow of ISA (2010), India Society of Hill Agriculture hill Campus, Ranichauri, India
  • Best paper Award 2010 In National symposium on Technological Intervention for sustainable Agriculture w.e.f. 3-5 May, 2011
  • Distinguish Scientist Award in International Conference on Emerging trends in Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences (ICET-2016) December 9-11, 2016 Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Best Presentation Award in ICAEZ 2017: 19th International Conference on Applied Entomology and zoology, Nov. 11- 13, 2017 Japan.