Profile of Dr. M.S. Sai Reddy

• B.Sc. (Ag.): College of Agriculture, ANGRAU, Bapatla
• M.Sc. (Ag.) (Entomology and Agricultural Zoology): Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
• Ph.D. (Entomology): G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar

Professional Area

• Research Area: Molecular Entomology, Butterfly Gardening
• Research Interests: Molecular interventions in insect pest management and conservation of butterflies and pollinators

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Karthik S, Yashaswini G, Reddy MSS, Mukherjee U (2025). Unveiling the bacterial endosymbionts in mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi pseudobrassicae (Davis): An unexplored dimension of infection dynamics. National Academy Science Letters 48(1): 1–5.
• Keerthana A, Keerthana M, Shireesh Kumar MP, Bahuguna RN, Singh SK, Rai D, Reddy MSS (2024). Characterizing and assessing the wheat-aphid complex under varying temperature and humidity. Cereal Research Communications 52(4): 1613–1627.
• Kumar MS, Keerthana A, Priya, Singh SK, Rai D, Jaiswal A, Reddy MSS (2024). Exploration of culturable bacterial associates of aphids and their interactions with entomopathogens. Archives of Microbiology 206(3): 96.
• Thudi M, Reddy MSS, Naik YD, Cheruku VKR, Sangireddy MKR, Cuevas HE, Knoll JE, Louis J, Kousik CS, Toews MD, Ni X (2024). Invasive sorghum aphid: A decade of research on deciphering plant resistance mechanisms and novel approaches in breeding for sorghum resistance to aphids. Crop Science 64(5): 2436–2458.
• Reddy BD, Kumar B, Sahni S, Yashaswini G, Karthik S, Reddy MSS, Kumar R, Mukherjee U (2024). Genetic diversity and population structure of Fusarium udum in India and its correlation with pigeonpea wilt incidence. Journal of Basic Microbiology 64(7): e2300682.
• Battu JR, Karthik S, Yashaswini G, Thakur H, Keerthana A, Kumar MS, Reddy MSS (2023). LC–MS/MS analysis of carcinogenic tobacco-specific nitrosamines in Spodoptera litura using the QuEChERS method. Scientific Reports 13(1): 12151.
• Yashaswini G, Karthik S, Reddy BD, Ahmad MA, Kumar U, Keerthana A, Mallikarjun G, Abinaya S, Reddy MSS (2023). Genotyping of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) affirmed a new record of Asia II 7, China 3 and dominance of Asia I cryptic species in Bihar, India. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 43(3): 1123–1133.
• Karthik S, Yashaswini G, Mukherjee U, Reddy BD, Mallikarjun G, Keerthana A, Reddy MSS (2022). Phylogenetic divergence of Lipaphis erysimi pseudobrassicae (Aphididae: Homoptera): A dominant specialist aphid on rapeseed-mustard, India. Biologia 77(12): 3603–3614.
• Reddy MSS, Agnihotri M, Divija SD, Belal B, Karthik S (2022). Host plant resistance profiling of chickpea genotypes against Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) through SEM and GC–MS studies. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science 42(2): 1627–1638.
• Reddy MSS, Agnihotri M, Jaiswal JP, Subbanna AR, Karthik S (2022). Intra-species diversity of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in relation to geography and host plants affiliation in Uttarakhand Himalayan population, India. Phytoparasitica 50(2): 359–373.

Books/ Book chapters :

• Rai M, Sharma RM, Kumar S, Singh SK, Satpathy B, Pramanik B, Reddy MSS, Kumari T (2024) Souvenir & Book of Abstracts – PG Students Conclave 2024. RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar, ii+136p.
• Reddy MSS, Karthik S, Dubey VK, Yashaswini G (2023) Instant Entomology (Comprehensive Objective Textbook for ICAR-JRF/SRF/NET/ARS). Brillion Publishing, New Delhi, 595p. ISBN: 9788119238316
• Karthik S, Reddy MSS, Yashaswini G (2022) Climate change and its potential impacts on insect-plant interactions. In: Singh A, Singh P (eds) The Nature, Causes, Effects and Mitigation of Climate Change on the Environment. Publisher unspecified, pp 393.
• Reddy MSS, Jha RK, Shrivastava RC, Kumar M (2021) Birds of Pusa. Publication Division, RPCAU, Pusa, Bihar, 124p. ISBN: 978-81-950897-1-0
• रेड्डी एम एस एस, झा आर के, श्रीवास्तव आर सी, कुमार एम (2021) पुसा के पक्षी. प्रकाशन प्रभाग, डॉ. राजेन्द्र प्रसाद केन्द्रीय कृषि विश्वविद्यालय, पुसा, बिहार, 124 पृष्ठ। ISBN: 978-81-954090-6-8
•  Rai AK, Kumar R, Reddy MSS, Kumar N (2021) Insect Ecology: Concepts. New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi, 192p. ISBN: 9789391012267

A. Department of Entomology, PGCA, RPCAU, Pusa, Samastipur -848 125 Bihar, India

M. sai.reddy@rpcau.ac.in

T. + 91-9346625239

ORCID: 0000-0002-7616-5210

Scopus Author ID: 57396329300

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