Pre-harvest bunch bagging as an eco-safe intervention for premium quality litchi production: insights from a multi-location study in India
Pre-harvest bagging is a robust and location-resilient practice that enhances litchi yield and marketable quality across diverse environments, supporting its adoption as a sustainable production strategy.
Authors
- Ashok Kumar Dhakad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5241-8036)
- VIKAS KUMAR SHARMA (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0686-2061)
- Sumanjit Kaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5564-4791)
- Ganeshi Lal Sharma
- Kalyan Chakraborti
- Bhagya Vijayan
- A. K. Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-9333)
- Nav Prem Singh
- Samik Sengupta
- Evening Stone Marboh
- Ipsita Samal
- Sunil Kumar
- Satish Chand
- Bikash Das
- Rohit Kumar
- Sandeep Singh
- Sushil Kumar Purbey
- S. Priya Devi
- Prakash Patil
- Mahesh Kumar Dhakar
- Chandan Suravi Maiti
Institutions
- Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (IN)
- Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IN)
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research (IN)
- Indira Gandhi Agricultural University (IN)
- Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (IN)
- Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (IN)
- Bihar Agricultural University (IN)
- ICAR – National Research Centre on Litchi (NP)
- ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region (IN)
- Central Citrus Research Institute (IN)
- Nagaland University (IN)
- Punjab Agricultural University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Plant Science
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2026.1779633
- Primary Topic
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research