Sunil Aryal

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Sunil Aryal's research focuses on pest management and food safety, particularly investigating the efficacy of various control methods against agricultural pests. His work includes evaluating the insecticidal properties of plant-derived compounds, such as the essential oil of *Acorus calamus*, against specific insect species like the maize weevil (*Sitophilus zeamais*).

Aryal also examines the impact of agricultural practices and environmental factors on pest populations and crop quality. This includes research on the effects of pre-harvest nutrient application on post-harvest fruit quality and the challenges associated with promoting organic farming through plant protection measures. His publications also touch upon broader themes of pesticide residue and food safety, highlighting retrospectives and future prospects in the field. He has contributed to studies on genetic variation within pest populations, such as *Tropilaelaps mercedesae*.

His scholarly output includes 49 publications, with an h-index of 8 and 208 citations. Aryal has collaborated with researchers Rupesh Kariyat and Manish Gautam at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

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• h-index: 8
• Publications: 49
• Citations: 219