Jayateertha Diwan

Rust of Chickpea is one of the damaging plant diseases. Uredospores are the causing spores of Rust. Here Uredospores are observed under foldscope

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 Uredospores through Foldscope
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Study of Chickpea rust disease through Foldscope

Thrips, order Thysanoptera, are tiny, slender insects with fringed wings. They feed by puncturing the epidermal (outer) layer of host tissue and sucking out the cell contents, which results in stippling, discolored flecking, or silvering of the leaf surface.

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 Tubilifera thrip under foldscope
 
 
 
 
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 Terebrantia thrip under foldscope
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 These thrips can be classified on the sub-order level with the help of Foldscope. Tubulifera sub-order thrips have extended abdomen whereas, it is absent in case of Terebrantia sub-order thrips.

Thrips classification using foldscope

Dragonfly has excellent flight performance and maneuverability due to the complex vein structure of the wing. In this research, nodus as an important structural element of the dragonfly wing is identified and confirmed through an experimental foldscope visualization approach. Three vein structures were fabricated as, open-nodus structure, closed-nodus structure (with a flex-limiter) and rigid wing. Nodus has a great influence on the flexibility of the wing structure. Moreover, the closed-nodus wing (with a flex-limiter) enables the vein structure to be flexible without losing the strength and rigidity of the joint.

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 Nodus of Dragonfly through Foldscope
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Dragonfly nodus through Foldscope

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 The Triangular ocellar plate on head parts of Housefly
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 The house fly, Musca domestica Linnaeus, is a well-known cosmopolitan pest of both farm and home. This species is always found in association with humans or the activities of humans. Most flies have three ocelli arranged at the vertices of a triangle, with a median ocellus and two posterior and lateral. The ocelli are arranged on a plate, called ocellar triangle or ocellar plate, in the vertex.

Housefly head parts morphology through Foldscope

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 Feeling happy to observe algae under foldscope.Even algae too can be seen under foldscope. Happy to carry out furthur observation for more samples under foldscope.

Jayateertha Diwan

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Thrips classification using foldscope

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Study of Chickpea rust disease through Foldscope

Thrips classification using foldscope

Dragonfly nodus through Foldscope

Housefly head parts morphology through Foldscope

observation of Algae under foldscope

Study of Chickpea rust disease through Foldscope

Thrips classification using foldscope

Dragonfly nodus through Foldscope

Housefly head parts morphology through Foldscope

observation of Algae under foldscope

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