Madhusmita Bal

Medicinal Plant-Derived Copper Nanoparticles Effectively Manage Early Blight Disease in Tomato: An In vitro Study

Anju Shukla, Mihira Kumara Mishra, Sanat Kumar Dwibedi & Madhusmita Bal · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2023

Aims: Early blight of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) incited by Alternaria solani is an economically important disease. This paper analyses the efficacy of copper nanoparticles (Cu-NPs) as an alternative to its existing management practices that predominantly rely on toxic fung...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113449

The Chemical Treadmill in Tropical Oilseed and Cash-Crop Agriculture: Resistance Evolution, Comparative Case Studies and Integrated Management in India and Beyond

Satya Narayan Satapathy, Abinash Das, Asutosh Khara, Rudrax Baral, Amrusha Debata, Subhradipta Dash, Chetana Guru & Madhusmita Bal · Journal of Experimental Agriculture International · 2026

Pesticide resistance in tropical agriculture is often treated as a technical defect that can be corrected by replacing a failing product. This interpretation overlooks the chemical treadmill: an eco-evolutionary feedback in which repeated exposure selects resistant genotypes, con...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jeai/2026/v48i94441