@article {49091,
	title = {New record of larval-pupal endoparasitoid Exorista deligata parasitising Indian Tea looper Hyposidra talaca from India},
	journal = {Phytoparasitica},
	volume = {52},
	year = {2024},
	month = {MAR},
	pages = {23},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>
	This is the first record of Exorista deligata (Pandell \&amp; eacute;, 1896) (Diptera: Tachinidae) as a parasitoid of Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from India. H. talaca is a major and new emerging defoliator of the Tea plant Camellia sinensis (L) Kuntze (Theaceae). It completes multiple generations per year without diapause on C. sinensis, resulting in heavy crop loss. The field-collected larvae/pupa of H. talaca were checked for parasitoid infestations and reared until either the host or parasitoid emerged. The parasitoid was identified as E. deligata with morphological characteristics and confirmed by the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit-I (COX-CO1) gene sequencing technique. The parasitoid is infrequent with unexplored parasitic biology. It parasitises the larva and completes its lifecycle inside the developing H. talaca by entirely devouring the host. The mean percent parasitisation caused by E. deligata studied herein was 25.4\% (range 5.88\%-57.69\%). Based on its parasitisation ability, we suggest the species could be a potential biological control agent to address the damage mitigation caused by the tea looper pest, H. talaca.</p>
},
	keywords = {Biocontrol, Exorista deligata, Hyposidra talaca, Invasive pest, Parasitisation},
	issn = {0334-2123},
	doi = {10.1007/s12600-024-01121-1},
	author = {Sharma, Pooja V. and Das, Tamal and Mukherjee, Susmita and Pathan, Ejaj K. and Rahman, Azizur and Gathalkar, Ganesh B.}
}
@article {49009,
	title = {Nickel-catalyzed tandem conversion of paraformaldehyde : methanol to hydrogen and formate/chemo- and stereoselective hydrogenation of alkynes under neutral conditions},
	journal = {Catalysis Science and Technology },
	volume = {14},
	year = {2024},
	month = {MAY},
	pages = {2779-2793},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>
	The development of new catalytic protocols for clean and COx-free hydrogen generation from fundamental feedstocks is always interesting and challenging. Herein, we disclose nickel-catalyzed dihydrogen generation from a mixture of paraformaldehyde-methanol under base-free and activator-free conditions. The dihydrogen generation from this redox combination under neutral, oxidative coupling conditions has been integrated with the hydrogen transfer reactions such as chemo- and stereoselective hydrogenation of alkynes in a tandem manner. This unprecedented strategy provides diverse highly stereoselective olefins with excellent tolerance of reducible functional groups such as ether, silyl ether, aldehyde, keto, ester, nitrile, halides including bromo and iodo groups, and heteroarenes. Additionally, we demonstrated catalytic stereo-interconversion of alkenes under benign conditions. The affordable gram-scale synthesis of some important pharmaceutical bioactive molecules has further enhanced their synthetic value. A tandem dihydrogen generation from a mixture of paraformaldehyde-methanol under base-free conditions followed by semihydrogenation of alkynes is reported.</p>
},
	issn = {2044-4753},
	doi = {10.1039/d3cy01699d},
	author = {Subaramanian, Murugan and Padhy, Subarna Sukanya and Gouda, Chandrakanth and Das, Tamal and Vanka, Kumar and Balaraman, Ekambaram}
}
