Publications of Dr. Sushilkumar

Research Papers

Sushilkumar Biological control of forests and wasteland weeds in India. Ann. Entomol., 11(2):131-153.

Sushilkumar & V.M. Bhan Self establishment of exotic weevils on  water  hyacinth  at Jabalpur  (Madhya  Pradesh)   Weed News,   1(1):12-13.

Sushilkumar & V.M. Bhan 1994. Controversy over Parthenium feeding Mexican beetle  in India. Weednews,1(1) : 20-22.

S.P. Tiwari, Sushilkumar and V.M. Bhan. Plant parasitic nematodes associated with weed  flora of Kymore plateau and Satpura Hills of Madhya Pradesh.  Weed News: 1(2):14-18.

Sushilkumar Use of insects in weed suppression. In :Training Manual On "Weed  Management;  an  important  tool  in  improving   crop production  January  16-23,  1995  at  NRCWS,  Jabalpur:  143-156 (Photocopy compendium).

Sushilkumar, B.  Dalal and B.M. Bhan Host preference on the basis of biochemical profile of the Mexican  beetle Z. bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: Chrysomilidae). Weed News: Vol.2(2):6-8.

Sushilkumar., Development  and damage  potential  of   Zygogrammma  bicolorata,  introduced for parthenium control  on  another  weed  Xanthium strumarium.  J. Appl. Zool. Res.,(2):120-121

S.P. Tiwari and Sushilkumar Root-rot nematodes, Hirschmanniella oryzae  (Sottwedel, 1889) Luc and Goody, 1963 associated with Cyperus (L.) species in some rice growing districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. Weed  News, 3:(1&2): 9-14.

B. Dalal, V.M. Bhan, Sushilkumar and  D. Swain. Effect of phenolics on self germination of  a  worst weed  by  Phalaris minor in rice-wheat ecosystem in  India.  Weed News, 3 (1&2): 27-32.

V.M. Bhan and Sushilkumar Pollution free weed management - an approach, Pestology 20(4):25-35.

V.M Bhan and Sushilkumar. Ecofriendly approaches in aquatic  weed  management. In: Aquatic  Weeds-  Problems  and  Management.  Proceedings  of  the Workshop  on  "Aquatic Weeds- Problems and management,  5-7  June 1996,  Bangalore (Karnataka):191-201 (Ed. C.V.J. Varma).

Sushilkumar and V.M. Bhan Emerging  problem  of  alligator  weed   Alternenthra philoxeroides  (Martius) Grisebach in ponds and low land area  at Jabalpur  (Madhya  Pradesh), India.  Weed News,  3:(1&2):  67-69. .

Sushilkumar and V.M. Bhan. Natural  parthenium replacement  by  Cassia  tora  at Jabalpur and adjoining areas of Madhya Pradesh, India,  In: First International Conference on Parthenium Management held at Dharwad (Karnataka),  6-8  October 1997, (Eds. M.  Mahadevappa  and  V.C. Patil), Volume II: 41-43. 

Sushilkumar, B. Dalal  and  V.M. Bhan. Effect of defoliation by the Mexican beetle  Zygogramma bicolorata on phenols and sugars in parthenium and sunflower. In: First  International Conference on Parthenium Management held  at Dharwad  (Karnataka), 6-8 October 1997, (Eds. M. Mahadevappa  and V.C.  Patil), Volume II: 85-87.  

Sushilkumar, B. Dalal and V.M. Bhan. Comparative study of biochemical parameters of Mexican beetle Zygogramma  bicolorata  on  various  hosts.  In:   First International Conference on Parthenium Management held at Dharwad (Karnataka), 6-8  October  1997,  (Eds. M.  Mahadevappa  and  V.C. Patil), Volume II: 88-89.

Sushilkumar  and V.M. Bhan. Establishment  and  dispersal  of  introduced  exotic parthenium   controlling  bioagent  Zygogramma   bicolorata    in relation  to ecological factors at Vindhyanagar (Madhya  Pradesh, India).  Indian Journal of Ecology, 25(1):8-13.

Sushilkumar. Biological control of terrestrial weeds in India.  :345-374,  In: Eco-friendly Pest Suppression (Eds. R.D. Gautam and D. Prasad). Westvill publishing House, New Delhi..

V.M.  Bhan  and Sushilkumar. Future strategies for effective parthenium  management. In:  Proceedings of First International Conference on  Parthenium Management held at Dharwad (Karnataka),6-8 October 1997, (Eds. M. Mahadevappa  and  V.C.  Patil), Volume I: 90-95 .

V.M.  Bhan and Sushilkumar. Weed  Science research in  India.  Indian  Journal  of Agricultural  Sciences, 68 (8, Special issue):567-582

Bhan, V.M. and Sushilkumar Integrated management of Phalaris minor in rice-wheat ecosystems in India.  In: Proceedings of the Conference on Ecological Agricultural and Sustainability Development, Volume -II, 400-415 (Eds. G.S. Dhaliwal, N.S. Randhawa, Ramesh Arora and A.K. Dhawan), Indian Ecological Society and Centre for Research and Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh.

Bhan, V.M , Singh, V.P., Sushilkumar and Dixit A.  Weed management. In: Fifty years of agronomic research in India Eds.  R.L. Yadav, Panjab Singh, Rajendra Prasad and IPS Alhawat), Agronomy Society of India, New Delhi :pp 155-192

V.M. Bhan, L.P. Kauraw, V.P. Singh, Anil Dixit, Sushilkumar, D. Swain and S. Datta Weed Management. In: Fifty Years of Natural Resource Management Research (Eds. G.B. Singh and B.R. Sharma), Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal: 477-504.)

L.P. Kauraw and Sushilkumar Biological Management of parthenium. ICAR News, 5(2):p17..

Sushilkumar, 2000. Biological control of problematic terrestrial and aquatic weeds in India. In: Workshop cum peer review on Entomology and Biological Control, held at Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur, 24- 25, Sept. 2000.

Sushilkumar and Kauraw L.P.2000 Role of biological approach in integrated Parthenium management.  In National seminar on Bio-diversity conservation, management and utilization for sustainable development held at JNKVV, Jabalpur, 19-20 April, 2000. P.49-50.

Sushilkumar, 1999 Integrated management: The only solution to suppress Parthenium hysterophorus. Paper Presented and submitted in workshop “ Alien Weeds in  Moist Tropical Zones:  Banes and Benefits,” held on 2-4 November, 1999 at Kerala  Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerala: 25 typed pages, 3 plates of figures.

Sushilkumar 1999. Biological Control of Lantana in India: Trend, prospects and need of integrated approach. Paper Presented and submitted in Workshop on "Alien Weeds in Moist Tropical Zones: Banes and Benefits", held on 2-4 November, 1999 at Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, Thrissur, Kerela: 21 typed pages, 3 figures. (Proceeding under publication)