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The Pollu Beetle in the Andaman Islands - Concealing Errors


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1 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani PO, Thiruvananthapuram 695 522, India
 

The lead taken by Current Science in addressing research misconduct and sloppiness in India is laudable. A team of agricultural entomologists and plant pathologists from the Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Puntibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal (UBKV) conducted field surveys in September-October 2016 in both West Bengal and the Andaman&Nicobar (A&N) Islands and the findings were submitted as a report and also presented in a symposium held on 22 and 23 December 2016 (ref. 4). They reported pollu beetle not only in the A&N Islands but also in West Bengal.
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K. D. Prathapan
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani PO, Thiruvananthapuram 695 522, India

Abstract


The lead taken by Current Science in addressing research misconduct and sloppiness in India is laudable. A team of agricultural entomologists and plant pathologists from the Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Puntibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal (UBKV) conducted field surveys in September-October 2016 in both West Bengal and the Andaman&Nicobar (A&N) Islands and the findings were submitted as a report and also presented in a symposium held on 22 and 23 December 2016 (ref. 4). They reported pollu beetle not only in the A&N Islands but also in West Bengal.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi03%2F367-368