- Screening of germplasm of various crops for Plant Breeders that enabled them to develop insect pest resistant varieties and providing insect pest resistance status of National Uniform Yield Trial to the Variety Evaluation Committee of PARC
- Development of biological control involving augmentative and conservation methods of economically important insect pests.
- Development of biopesticides (botanical, microbial, RNAi) for field applications against various insect pests.
- Development of area-wide integrated pest management (AW-IPM) incorporating the male annihilation technique (MAT), bait application technique (BAT) and the sterile insect technique (SIT) against Bactrocera fruit flies.
- Improvement of grain storage for reducing the losses caused by stored grain insect pests.
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