Biography

My research programme focuses on the medical and veterinary pest and their interactions to host and environment. Ecological interactions to mosquitoes influenced their distribution, alterations in survival and reproductive strategies leading to speciation and evolution of variants in the population. These variants are mostly morphologically indistinguishable, however, can be varied in biological potentials and identified by using molecular and electron microscopy. The knowledge on species diversity, ecological interactions, species complex, vectorial capacity, behaviour and effective control measures helps in the development of suitable vector management strategies. My vision is to identify and characterize variants from the species complex, establish their role in disease transmission and finding effective control measures.

Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences

100%

Parasitology

62%

Entomology

90%

Pesticide

75%

Veterinary Pathology

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
1

Chapters
2

Articles
36

Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

Suman, D.S., S.N. Tikar, M.J. Mendki, D. Sukumaran, B.D. Parashar, O.P. Agrawal and S. Prakash, 2011. Variations in life-table attributes among geographically isolated strains of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus. Med. Vet. Entomol., 25: 276-288.
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Suman, D.S., A.R. Shrivastava, S.C. Pant and B.D. Parashar, 2011. Differentiation of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) with egg surface morphology and morphometrics using scanning electron microscopy. Arthropod Structure Dev., 40: 479-483.
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Gaugler, R., D.S. Suman and Y. Wang, 2011. An autodissemination station for the transfer of an insect growth regulator to mosquito oviposition sites. Med. Vet. Entomol., 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00970.x.
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Suman, D.S., S.N. Tikar, B.D. Parashar and S. Prakash, 2010. Development of insecticide resistance in Culex quinquefasiatus mosquito from different locations in India. J. Pestic. Sci., 35: 27-32.
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Suman, D.S., B.D. Parashar and S. Prakash, 2010. Efficacy of various insect growth regulators on organophosphate resistant Immatures of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from different geographical areas of India. J. Entomol., 7: 33-43.
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Suman, D.S., B.D. Parashar and S. Prakash, 2010. Effect of sublethal dose of diflubenzuron and azadirachtin on various life table attributes of Culex quinquefasciatus (Dipter: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol., 47: 996-1002.
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Suman, D.S., A.R. Shrivastava, B.D. Parashar, S.C. Pant, O.P. Agrawal and S. Prakash, 2009. Variation in morphology and morphometrics of eggs of Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes from different ecological regions of India. J. Vector Ecol., 34: 191-199.
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Suman, D.S., B.D. Parashar and S. Prakash, 2008. Morphological Sexual dimorphism in three species of Anopheline mosquito larvae. J. Am. Mosquito Control Assoc., 24: 308-310.
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Suman, D.S., A.R. Shrivastava, B.D. Parashar, S.C. Pant, O.P. Agrawal and S. Prakash, 2008. Scanning electron microscopic studies on egg surface morphology and morphometrics of Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Parasitol. Res., 104: 173-176.
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