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Dr. Kolla Sreedevi
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Email
kolla.sreedevi@gmail.com
kolla.sreedevi@icar.gov.in
Phone Number
080- 23419419 Extn. 331
Fax
080-2341-1961
Professional Experience
19 years
Qualification
M. Sc (Agricultural Entomology), Ph.D
Specilization
Insect Biodiversity and Systematics – Scarabaeidae, Cerambycidae (Coleoptera); Insect Ecology, biogeography, molecular characterisation
Training
TRAININGS ORGANISED
Organised 10 days training programme on “Diversity and Identification of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)” at ICAR- National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru from 10-19 March 2025.
Organised five days training programme to ICFRE Scientists on “Basics of Insect Taxonomy” at ICAR- National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru from 03-07 July 2023.
Organised one week training programme on “Taxonomy of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)” at ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru from 19 25 February 2020.
Organised one week training programme on “Taxonomy and identification of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)” at the Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during 18-24 April, 2016.
Training given to foreign scholar under RTF-DCS Scheme sponsored by DST:
Served as Mentor for six months training of Ms. Houefa Anette Agossadou from Benin, West Africa on “Ecology and taxonomic studies of longicorn beetles belonging to Cerambycidae of Coleoptera” from February to July 2020.
International
Attended training on “Integrated pest management and food safety” at Wageningen International organized by Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands from 18 May 2009 to 12 June 2009.
Attended Final Review Group Meeting on Implementation of Fruit fly IPM organized by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India and Imperial College London, UK on October 6 and 7, 2005 at ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Goa.
Attended India-UK Fruit Fly training and study tour organized by Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore and the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Imperial College London, UK during December 1 and 2, 2003 at IIHR, Bangalore.
National
Participated in the IP awareness week organized by the Intellectual Property & Technology Mngement (IP&TM) Unit, ICAR, New Delhi from 16 to 23 January 2025.
Attended online training programme for BIS technical committee members organized by National Institute of Training for Standardization, Noida, Delhi from 30-31 May 2022.
Attended MDP training on “Biodiversity and Environmental Laws for Agricultural Researchers (BELAR 2021)” organized by ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad during 07-09 June 2021.
Attended Generic online training course on “Cyber security” conducted by C-DAC, Hyderabad on 29 April 2021.
Attended training on “Emotional Intelligence at Workplace for Women Scientists/Technologists” conducted by Centre for Organization and Development, Hyderabad from 23-27 November 2020.
Attended Refresher course on “Agricultural Research Management for newly recruited Senior/Principal Scientists for Non-ARS stream of ICAR” at NAARM, Hyderabad from 5th to 18th June 2012.
Attended ICAR sponsored summer school on “Advances in General Acarology” at UAS, GKVK, Bangalore organized by Department of Acarology from 8-10-10 to 28-10-10
Attended short course on “An introduction to GIS” organized by ESRI from 1-2-2010 to 5-2 2010 at S. V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, A. P.
Attended short course programme on “IT-based decision supporting systems for digital content management” under NAIP from 19 – 28 August 2008 at NAARM, Hyderabad, A.P.
Attended training on Education technology from May 7 – 12, 2008 conducted at S. V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, A.P.
Attended ICAR sponsored short course on “Sustainable technologies for pest management in horticultural ecosystems” from January 4 – 13, 2007 at S. V. Agricultural College (ANGRAU), Tirupati, A. P.
Attended Fruit fly taxonomy training under National Integrated Fruit fly Surveillance Programme organized by Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore from March 27 – 30, 2006 at IIHR, Bangalore, India.
Awards and Honours
Awarded prestigious National Fellow of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) w.e.f. 28-10-2022.
Elected as ‘Fellow’ of Royal Entomological Society (RES) of London w.e.f. 4 March 2020.
Awarded ‘Fellow’ of Applied Zoologists Research Association, Bhubaneswar, Odisha in February 2020.
Awarded ‘Fellow’ of Entomological Society of India, New Delhi in December 2019.
Awarded ‘Fellow’ of Society for Biocontrol Advancement, Bengaluru for 2020.
Awarded ‘Fellow’ of National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), Chennai, Tamil Nadu in September 2018.
Awarded ‘Fellow’ of Association of Advancement of Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystem (AAPMHE), Bangalore in June, 2015.
Awarded ‘Fellowship grant from DFG’, a German Research Foundation to work as Guest Researcher in Division of Arthropoda, Alexander Koenig Museum, Bonn, Germany for three months from 16th September to 15th December 2017.
Awarded ‘NUFFIC NFP fellowship’ by Netherlands government to attend training on “IPM and food safety” at Wageningen University, The Netherlands from 18 May to 12 June 2009.
Recognition
Awarded “Best Scientist Award” by the Institute, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru on Institute Foundation day, 21 October 2024.
Awarded “Senior Entomologist Award” by Dr. B. V. David Foundation, Chennai during 2023.
Awarded “Dr. B. Vasantaraj David Award” for 2021 from Applied Zoologists Research Association (AZRA), Bhubaneswar, Odisha during the International Conference on “at 18th AZRA International Conference on “Advances in Applied Zoological Researches towards Feed, Food and Nutritional Security and Safer Environment” held at Bhubaneshwar, Odisha during 10-12 November 2022.
Nominated as Principal Member, Biodiversity Sectional Committee - SSD 20 of BIS, India since April 2022.
Awarded ‘Dr. E. K. Janaki Ammal NABS Best Woman Scientist’ from National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), Chennai during 2021.
Awarded “Dr. H. Nagaraja Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Insect Systematics (including mites and spiders), 2020 from Society for Biocontrol Advancement (SBA), Bengaluru.
Nominated as ‘Academic Council Member’ at Academic Council Meeting at Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Guntur during December 2020.
Awarded ‘Achiever Award - 2019’ from Society for Advancement of Human and Nature (SADHNA), Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, H.P. during February 2020.
Received ‘Outstanding contribution to Science Award, 2019’ from Dr. B. V. David Foundation, Chennai for 2019.
Awarded “Woman Scientist Award” by Society of Biotic and Environmental Research, Tripura at BioScon – 2019 Conference held at Sona College of Technology, Salem during 26-27 July 2019.
Awarded ‘Edita David Memorial Award’ by Applied Zoologists Research Association, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha at XVI International Conference held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during 9-11 February 2018.
Nominated as ‘CEM member’, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) for three years (2017 – 2025)
Nominated as ‘Treasurer’, Ethological Society of India, Bengaluru (2017-19)
Awarded ‘Excellence in Research Award’ for accomplishment in the field of Agriculture and Allied Sciences by Samagra Vikas Welfare Society, Lucknow in June 2017.
Awarded ‘HTHS Gold Medal’ at “International Conference on Technological interventions in Agricultural Sciences for Enhanced Productivity, Nutritional quality and Value addition (TIAS – 2014)” conducted at Central Institute of Horticulture, Dhimapur, Nagaland during 17-19 February, 2015.
Awarded ‘Dr. Jagadiswari Rao Women Scientist Award’ by Applied Zoologists Research Association, CRRI, Cuttack in February, 2014.
Awarded ‘Insect Environment Young Scientist award’ by Insect Study and Conservation Network, Bangalore in January, 2013.
Awarded CSIR Senior Research Fellowship towards Doctoral research.
Best Oral/Poster presentation Awards:
Awarded ‘Best Oral presentation’ for the paper “An integrative taxonomic study of Pleurosticti scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Karnataka, India. Presented at Entomology Student’s conclave – 2025 held at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam from 15 to 17 March 2025. (Karthik M Reddy – Ph. D student)
Awarded ‘Best Oral Presentation” for the paper “Studies on Species compostion of root grubs under rainfed situations of North-eastern Karnataka” presented at XVII AZRA International Conference at University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur held during 12-14 February 2020. (Soumya - Ph. D student)
Awarded ‘Best poster presentation” for the paper “Species diversity of white grubs (Coleotpera: Scarabaeidae) fauna in Kodagu district of Karnataka, India” presented at XVII AZRA International Conference at University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur held during 12-14 February 2020. (Naveena, R. - Ph.D student)
Awarded “Best Research paper presentation” for the paper, “Species composition and diversity of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) fauna in major five districts of western Ghats of Karnataka, India at UAHS, Shivamogga on 20 May 2019. ( Naveena R. - Ph. D student)
Awarded ‘Best Oral presentation’ for the paper presented at International Conference on Plant Protection in Horticulture (ICPPH) 2019 at ICAR -Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru held from 24-7-2019 to 26-7-2019 (Sreedevi, K.).
Awarded ‘Best Oral presentation’ for the paper presented at BioScon – 2019 Conference held at Sona College of Technology, Salem during 26-27 July 2019 (Sreedevi, K.).
Awarded Best poster presentation for the paper “Species diversity and distribution of the genus Anomala Samuoelle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in India and importance of endophallus in species diagnostics” at National Symposium on at Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh during 14-15 November, 2014. (Sakshi Tyagi - Ph. D student)
Awarded Best Oral presentation for the paper, Screening of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) varietal collections for resistance to thrips, Scirtothrips sp. at National Symposium on “Sustainable Pest Management for Safer Environment” organized by Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa during 6-7 December 2007. (K. Sreedevi)
Publications
Total Number of Publication = 250, Research articles: 137, Papers presented : 81, Others: 32
Selected Publications
Jayashree, S., Sreedevi, K.* and Ahrens, D. 2026. New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa, 5782 (3): 581-590.
Nafeesa, M., Sreedevi, K. and Murugan, M. 2026. New record of Holotrichia serrata (Fabricius) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) infestation on cassava. Entomon, 51(1): 115-118.
Karthik M R., Gabriel B., Hanamant G., Ampi B., Chodhary, N. B., Sushil, S. N. and Sreedevi Kolla*. 2025. A new species of Ichthyurus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Chauliognathinae) preying on tasar silkworm, Antheraea paphia (Linnaeus) from India. Zootaxa, 5729 (2): 383-393.
Sreedevi Kolla, Sahoo, K. C., Ajaykumara, K. M., Boopathi, T. and Sabatinelli, G. 2025. Revision of the genus Cyphochilus Waterhouse, 1867 (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in India with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa, 5693 (2): 201-222.
Sreedevi Kolla and Ahrens, D. 2025. Descriptions of new species and new records from southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa, 5692(1): 175-189.
Sreedevi, K. 2025. Species diversity, dynamics and systematics of phytophagous scarab fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of India. Indian Journal of Plant Protection, 52(3): 138-145.
Veenakumari, K., Sreedevi Kolla and Mohanraj, P. 2025. Genus Pliestopleura Forster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) of the Indian region with descriptions of six new species. Annales Zoologici, 75(3): 783-802.
Lavanya S. M., Ramaiah, M., Ramya, R. S., Keerthi, M. C., Aditya Kukreti, Kolla Sreedevi, Sushil, S. N., Manjunatha, C. 2025. Unveiling the genomic landscape of NBAIR BtAe, a potential Bacillus thuringiensis strain against Holotrichia serrata F. Letters in Applied Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/lambio/ovaf117
Veenakumari, K., Buhl, P. N., Girish Kumar, P., Sreedevi Kolla, Sushil, S. N., Khan, F. R. and Mohanraj, P. 2025. Review of the genus Iphitrachelus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae: Platygastrinae) with descriptions of three new species from India. Systematic Parasitology, 102:38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-025-10226-y
Mahendiran, G., Venkatesh Y.N., Anna Jose, Manu, B., Sreedevi, K. and Sushil, S.N. 2025. Redescription and Life History Characteristics of Cionus meleagris Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on its Host Plant, Dolichandrone falcata (Wall. Ex DC.) Seem. Indian Journal of Entomology, 1190-1194.
Mahendiran, G., Anna Jose, Manu, B., Ashajyothi, M., Sreedevi, K. and Sushil, S.N. 2025. Morpho-molecular identification of Barioscapus cordiae (Marshall) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): A serious pest of Cordia myxa L. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 46: 100638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmap.2025.100638
Shalini Pandey, M.M.Sundria, Kolla Sreedevi, Ankur Tripathi, N.V.Veena, Ram Singh. 2025. Morphological and molecular identification and management of chafer beetle, Protaetia terrosa Gory & Percheron in clusterbean in Rajasthan. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, 63: 167-173. (NAAS 6.5 – I062).
Pavan Kalyan M., Chalam, M .S. V. and Sreedevi, K. 2025. Studies on bioefficacy of newer insecticide molecules against major sucking pest complex of paddy. Plant Archives, 25(2): 1874-1880. https://doi.org/10.51470/PLANTARCHIVES.2025.v25.supplement-2.237
Aditya Kukreti, Anil Sudhakar Kotasthane, Ashwarya Lalit Tandon, Aarthi Nekkanti, Muthakapalli Krishnareddy Prasannakumar, Pramesh Devanna, Kandan Aravindaram, Kolla Sreedevi, Satya Nand Sushil, Channappa Manjunatha,. 2024. Hybrid de novo whole genome assembly of lipopeptide producing novel Bacillus thuringiensis strain NBAIR BtAr exhibiting antagonistic activity against Sclerotium rolfsii. Microbial Pathogenesis, 195:106867, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2024.106867.
Veenakumari, K., Sreedevi Kolla, Khan, F. R., & Mohanraj, P. 2024. Hadronotus insulare species group (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) with descriptions of new species from India. Journal of Natural History, 58(45–48), 2121–2187. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2410028
Karthik M Reddy and Kolla Sreedevi. 2024. Occurrence of scarab species belonging to Cetoniinae and Sericinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on Lantana camara L. in India. Journal of Biological Control, 38(3): 364-367.
Singh, Richhpal, Kolla Sreedevi, and Narpat Singh Shekhawat. 2024. Infestation of Two Bostrichid Stem Borers on Neem Tree (Azadirachta indica A. JUSS.)-First Report from Indian Thar Desert. Annals of Arid Zone, 63(2): 171-174.
Veenakumari, K., Sreedevi Kolla, Sushil, S. N., Samuel, D. K., Khan, F. R. & Mohanraj, P. 2024. Embidobia Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with description of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 970: 61-101. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.970.2749.
Rashmi, M. A., Sreedevi, K. Verghese, A., Raghavendra, V. G. 2024. Potential yield loss caused by the adults of Schizonycha ruficollis (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on pomegranate (Punica granatum). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 94(4): 437-439. (NAAS 6.0 – I034)
Mandadi, N., Hussaini, S. S., Patil, J., Amala, U., Sreedevi, K., Navik, O., Sushil, S. N., Maruthi, M., & Bindu Shree, M. B. 2024. An overview of trends in pest management and the need for a paradigm shift in technologies for the progression of entomopathogenic nematodes in managing crop health. Journal of Biological Control, 38(2), 138–169.
Kumar, V., Sreedevi, K., Ramya, N. and Srikanth Bairi. 2024. Multivariate morphometric analysis of white grub, Holotrichia serrata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) populations from India. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 44(2): 723-735. DOI:10.1007/s42690-024 01184-x
Sandeep Singh, J. Kaur and Sreedevi, K. 2024. Integrated pest management of white grub, Holotrichia consanguinea Blanchard in guava and grapes. Indian Journal of Entomology. DoI. No.: 10.55446/IJE.2024.1563
Sreedevi, K. and Reddy, P. V. 2021. Larval niche partitioning of two longhorn beetles, Batocera rufomaculata De Geer and Glenea multiguttata Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Mango. Presented at Immature Beetle Meeting 2021 held at Department of Zoology,b Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic during 30 September - 1 October 2021. Published in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 61(2): 636.
Sreedevi, K. 2019. Ecology and taxonomic characterization of immature stages of Lepidiota spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) endemic to Assam, Northeast India. Presented at Immature Beetle Meeting 2019 held at Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic during 3-4 October 2019. Published in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 59(2): 578-579.
Sreedevi, K. 2017. Description of the third instar larva of white grub, Brahmina coriacea (Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) – an endemic pest on potato in India. Presented at Immature Beetle Meeting 2017 at Department of Zoology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic during 5-6 October 2017.
Sreedevi, K. 2016. Scarabaeidae collections in India. Presented at Symposium on Collections in Megadiverse Countries at Entomological Collections Network (ECN) meeting 2016 held at Orlando, Florida during 23-24 September 2016.
Sreedevi, K. 2016. Chorion ultrasculpture of eggs as diagnostics in June beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Presented at International Congress of Entomology held at Orlando, Florida during 25-30 September 2016.
Sreedevi, K. and Verghese, A. 2010. Intraguild interactions of aphidophagous predators in pomegranate ecosystem. Abstracted at International Symposium Ecology of Aphidophaga 11 held at Perugia, Italy from 19-24 September 2010.
Verghese, A., K. Sreedevi and K. Sudha Devi. 2009. Co-adaptation of an entomopathogen with the pomegranate aphid, Aphis punicae Passerini. Abstracted at the Third International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. Christchurch, New Zealand. (Eds: P. G. Mason, D. RF. Gillespie and C. Vincent) February 8-13: 560-561.
Verghese, A. and K. Sreedevi. 2007. Foraging ecology of aphidophagous predators on pomegranate aphid. Presented in 59th International Symposium on Crop Protection, Ghent University, Belgium, 22 May.
Sreedevi, K. and A. Verghese. 2007. Ecology of aphidophagous predators in pomegranate ecosystem in India. Presented in 59th International Symposium on Crop Protection, Ghent University, Belgium, 22 May.
Verghese, A., K. Sreedevi and D. K. Nagaraju. 2006. Pre and post harvest IPM for mango fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel). Presented in 7th International Symposium on Fruit flies of Economic Importance, Bahia, Salvador, Brazil during 10-15 September, 2006.
Verghese, A. and K. Sreedevi. 2006. Epizootics of an entomopathogenic fungus on Aphis punicae Passerini (Homoptera : Aphididae). Abstracted in 58th International Symposium on Crop Protection, Ghent University, Belgium, 23 May 2006.
Verghese, A., K. Sreedevi, K. Sudhadevi and V. Vasudev. 2005. Interspecific associations among aphid, ants and predators in pomegranate ecosystem. Abstracted in Proceedings of International Symposium on Biological Control of Aphids and Coccids, Tsuruoka, Japan. September 25 –29.
Verghese, A., K. Sreedevi, K. Sudhadevi and V. Vasudev. 2005. Impact of naturally occurring general predators on Aphis punicae Passerini in pomegranate ecosystem. Proceedings in II International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Davos, Switzerland. September 11 –16.
National
Abraham Verghese, P.D. Kamala Jayanthi, K. Sreedevi and H.R. Anil Kumar. 2000. Studies on the nesting behaviour of the red ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fab.) in a guava ecosystem. Abstracted in 26th Conference of the Ethological Society of India, Madurai, December 13 –15.
Abraham Verghese, P.D. K. Jayanthi, K.Sudha devi and K. Sreedevi. 2001. Effect of the mealy bug, Planococcus lilacinus (Cockerell) infestation on pomegranate fruit size and development. Proceedings of II National Symposium on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Horticultural Crops (New Molecules, Bio-pesticides and Environment). Eds. Abraham Verghese and P. Parvatha Reddy, Association for Advancement of Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, 42 – 43.
Jayanthi, P.D.K., Verghese, A., K. Sreedevi and H.S. Madhura. 2002. Effect of plant origin oils in reduction of pupal numbers of the fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel. Presented in VI AZRA conference on advances in Applied Zoological Research, Cuttack during 19 – 22 Dec. 2002. p. 28.
Verghese, A, K. Sreedevi, K. Sudha devi and P.D. K. Jayanthi, 2003. Factors influencing the occurrence of the black ant in pomegranate. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Frontier Areas of Entomological Research, New Delhi, 5-7 November 2003. p. 98-99.
Verghese, A., K, Sreedevi, K. Sudhadevi and D. K. Nagaraju. 2005. Bioecology and residue-free IPM for the major pests of guava, Psidium guajava L., Presented in the First International Symposium on Guava, Lucknow, 5-8 December, 2005.
Sreedevi, K., Abraham Verghese, V. Vasudev and K. Sudha devi. 2007. Aphid, Aphis punicae Passerini, its predators and ants : Dynamics and interactions in pomegranate ecosystem. Presented at III National Symposium on Plant protection in Horticulture: Emerging trends organized by Association for Advancement of Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems at Bangalore during 7 – 9 March, 2007.
Sreedevi, K., B. G. Rajulu, L. Mukundalakshmi and P. Sesha Reddy. 2007. Screening of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) varietal collections for resistance to thrips, Scirtothrips sp. Presented and abstracted at National Symposium on Sustainable Pest Management for Safer Environment organized by Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa during 6-7 December 2007.
Sreedevi, K. and Abraham Verghese. 2008. Tritrophic interactions with respect to aphid, Aphis punicae P., its host, Punica granatum L. and predators. Proceedings of Coleman’s National Symposium on Plant Protection held at UAS, Bangalore from 4-6 December 2008
Sreedevi, K. 2009. Pollination ecology in tropical field crops. Presented in International Workshop on “Nocturnal Pollination – its patterns and processes” conducted by IISc, Bangalore and Lund University, Sweden during 23 – 27 March 2009.
Sreedevi. K. and Abraham Verghese. 2009. Effect of aphid, Aphis punicae Passerini (Hemiptera: Aphididae) infestation on pomegranate fruits and flowers. Abstracted in proceedings of II International Symposium on pomegranate and minor including Mediterranean fruits (ISPMMF – 2009) conducted from 23 – 27 June 2009 at UAS, Dharwad.
Mamatha, D. M., P. Sheeba Praveena and K. Sreedevi. 2010. In silico and structural studies of ligand binding domain of ecdysone receptor ECR of Helicoverpa armigera. Presented in National Conference on Frontiers in Biotechnology conducted at Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati from 27 – 28 March 2010.
Amit, J., Sreedevi, K. and Rajendra Prasad, P. 2010. Impact of abiotic factors on insect pollinator activity in sunflower ecosystem. Presented at National Symposium on “Perspectives and Challenges of Integrated pest management for Sustainable Agriculture” organized by Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh from 19 – 21 November 2010.
Mamatha, D. M., Sreekant, M., Swetha Kumari, K and Sreedevi. K. 2011. In silico and structyural studies on Juvenile hormone binding protein (JHBP) of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) as a new age biopesticide. Presented and abstracted in “New Biology section at 98th Indian Science Congress” held at S. R. M. University, Chennai from 3 – 7 January 2011
Sreedevi, K. 2011. Incidence and abundance of fruit fly, Bactrocera spp. in Sweet orange and Mango in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Presented in 9th National Symposium of Society of Plant Protection Sciences on “Crop Health Management for Sustainable Agri-horticultural Cropping System” held at CARI, Port Blair from 17 – 19 February, 2011.
Satyagopal, P. V., Sreedevi, K. and Prasad, S. C. V. 2011. Transfer of technology approach for integrated pest management (IPM) in rice. Presented in International conference on “Innovative approaches for agricultural knowledge management : Global extension experiences” held at New Delhi from 9-12 November 2011.
Sreedevi, K., Navatha, L., Subhakar, G., Amit J Jadhav and Mamatha, D.M. 2012. Diurnal and nocturnal insect pollinator diversity in different crop ecosystems in Tirupati region. Presented in International Seminar on “Emerging threats and challenges to Biodiversity : Policy framework for sustainable management” held at Dept. of Botany, S. V. University, Tirupati, A. P., India from 2-4 March 2012.
Navatha, L., Sreedevi, K. and Rajendra Prasad, P. 2012. Insect pollinator diversity and abundance in mustard (Brassica juncea (L.) czen) crop in Tirupati region. Presented in International Seminar on “Emerging threats and challenges to Biodiversity : Policy framework for sustainable management” held at Dept. of Botany, S. V. University, Tirupati, A. P., India from 2-4 March 2012.
Chaitanya, T., Sreedevi, K and Muralikrishna, T. 2012. Insect fauna associated with early vegetative phase of red gram, Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. Presented in International Seminar on “Emerging threats and challenges to Biodiversity : Policy framework for sustainable management” held at Dept. of Botany, S. V. University, Tirupati, A. P., India from 2-4 March 2012.
Sreedevi, K., Navatha, L. and Mamatha, D. M. 2012. Feeding potential of Illeis cincta (Fab.), a natural predator of powdery mildew. Presented at Recent Trends for Sustainable Sericulture held at Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswavidyalayam, Tirupati from 5-6 March 2012.
Sreedevi, K. 2012. Role of insects in biodegradation and bioremediation. Presented at National Seminar on “Biopolymers: Eco-friendly products – Environmental Protection (BEEP – 2k12) at S. G. Govt. Degree and PG College, Piler, Chittoor dt. held on 5 March 2012.
Sreedevi, K. and Navatha, L. 2013. Visitation time and diverse pollinator assemblage of solitary bees in certain oilseed crops. Proceedings of 100th Indian Science Congress, 3-7 January 2013, Kolkata, pp.166
Samik Chowdhury, Rama Subba Rao, V. Sreedevi, K. Firake, D. M. and Sontakke, P.P. 2013. New leaf hopper species in rice ecosystem of Tripura. Abstracts of International Conference on Insect Science, 14-17 February 2013, Bangalore,pp.97
Amit, J., Sreedevi, K. and Rajendra Prasad, P. 2013. Impact of abiotic factors on insect pollinators activity in sunflower ecosystem. Abstracts of International Conference on Insect Science, 14-17 February 2013, Bangalore,pp.63
Sreedevi, K. and Parvathy Vinod. 2013. Taxonomic diversity of insects in the field bean ecosystem. Abstracts of International Conference on Insect Science, 14-17 February 2013, Bangalore, pp. 102
Sreedevi, K. and Sakshi Tyagi. 2013. Faunal diversity of Melolonthinae and Rutelinae (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae) in Himachal Pradesh, India. Presented in National Conference on “Status and conservation of biodiversity in India with special reference to Himalaya organized by CORD and Department of Environmental Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J & K, India from 4-5 October, 2013.
Sreedevi, K. Sakshi, T. and Ramamurthy, V. V. 2013. Taxonomic identification of immature stages of Anomala bengalensis Blanchard and Anomala dimidiata (Hope). Presented in 10th National Symposium on Soil biology and ecology – Soil biota and social insects for sustainable agriculture” held at Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka from 19th to 21st December 2013.
Sakshi, T., Sreedevi, K. and Ramamurthy, V. V. 2013. Morphological study and diagnostic value of endophallus of the male genitalia of genus Anomala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidase: Rutelinae). Presented in 10th National Symposium on Soil biology and ecology – Soil biota and social insects for sustainable agriculture” held at Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore , Karnataka from 19th to 21st December 2013.
Sreedevi, K. and Sakshi Tyagi. 2014. Scanning electron microscopic studies on egg chorion ultrastructures of white grub species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Presented in International Conference on Probing biosciences for food security and environmental safety held at Central rice Research Institute, Cuttack, Odisha from 16-18 February 2014.
Sreedevi, K. Sakshi, T. and Ramamurthy, V. V. 2014. Taxonomic characterization of immature stages of Chiloloba acuta Wiedemann (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Presented in International Conference on Entomology held at Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab from 21-23 February 2014.
Sakshi, T., Sreedevi, K. and Veena Sharma. 2014. Species diversity and distribution of the genus Anomala Samuoelle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in India and importance of endophallus in species diagnostics. Presented in National Symposium on “Entomology as a Science and IPM as a Technology – the way forward” held at the College of Horticulture and Forestry, CAU, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh during 14-15 November 2014.
Sreedevi, K. 2015. White grub diversity and abundance – scenario across latitudinal and altitudinal gradients. Lead paper given at International Conference on “Technological interventions in agricultural sciences for enhanced productivity, nutritional quality and value addition” held at Central Institute of Horticulture, Medziphema, Dimapur, Nagaland during 17 19 February 2015.
Sreedevi, K. and Sakshi Tyagi. 2014. Field diagnostic characters of larval stages of mScaraabaeidae (Coleoptera) up to sub family level. Presented in National Symposium on “Entomology as a Science and IPM as a Technology – the way forward” held at the College of Horticulture and Forestry, CAU, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh during 14-15 November 2014.
Sreedevi, K. and Manisha Sharma. 2015. Antennal sensilla of Lepidiota mansueta Burmeister ,(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Presented at National Symposium on Entomology held at Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab during 29-30 October 2015.
Sreedevi, K. Kulanthaivel, S., Manisha Sharma, Nidhi Sanwal and Giriraj Sharma. 2015. Distribution of Dorysthenes spp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in India. Presented at National Symposium on Entomology held at Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab during 29-30 October 2015.
Sreedevi, K. and Vinod Kumar, P. 2016. Scanning electron microscopy studies of antennal sensilla of Holotrichia serrata (F.) and H. nagpurensis Khan and Ghai (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Presented at XV AZRA International Conference on Recent advances in Life sciences held at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai during 11-13 February 2016.
Sreedevi, K., Hemant V. Ghate, Kulanthaivel, S. and Manisha Sharma. 2016. Longhorn beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) fauna of Kodagu region, Karnataka, India. Presented at XV AZRA International Conference on Recent advances in Life sciences held at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai during 11-13 February 2016.
Sreedevi, K. and Vinod Kumar, P. 2016. ITKs in management of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Presented in 3rd International IUPAC Conference on Agrochemicals protecting crops, health and natural environment: new chemistries for phytomedicines and crop protection chemicals held at NASC, New Delhi during 6-9 April 2016.
