<div>Background: Globally the usage of Ethnomedicinal herbs to treat various diseases and metabolic disorders has increased over recent years. Intensive efforts are carried out by researchers in the last five decades to identify the phytochemicals responsible for Antibacterial, Antiviral, Antifungal, Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Anticancer, Antidiabetic, Antihypertensive and Antioxidant Properties. Millets are a group of small-seeded grasses. Although millets are frequently referred to as coarse cereals, they are now known as nutricereals because of their greater levels of nutrients. The present study aims at the phytochemical analysis and evaluation of antioxidant potential of aqueous and kamadhenu ark extracts of few minor millets namely proso, little and kodo millets. 
 
Methods: Proso, little and kodo millets are washed, shade dried and homogenized. The Aqueous and kamadhenu ark extracts were prepared by maceration method. Antioxidant activity was determined using DPPH Assay. Phytochemical Analysis were investigated as per standard procedures. 
 
Result: Kamadhenu ark extract of proso millet has the highest antioxidant activity with IC50 value of 0.0212&plusmn;0.04 mg/ml and the least activity of 3.1952&plusmn;0.19 mg/ml is shown by sprouted kodo millet in combination with kamadhenu ark. The Phytochemical analysis manifested the inherence of carbohydrates, diterpenes, glycosides, phenols, phytosterols, saponins, steroids, tannins and triterpenoids.</div>

In vitro Antioxidant and Phytochemical Analysis of Aqueous and Kamadhenu Ark Extracts of Nutricereals Millets

Background: Mungbean is the major&nbsp; pulse crop of India. Pulse constitute the major source of dietary protein; therefore, it has ability to fulfil required protein recommended dietary allowance for vegetarian population of India. Pulse crop attack more than 200 insect pests.&nbsp; 
 
Methods: Efficacy test of Botanicals and Insecticides viz., Kaner powder, Garlic extract, Azadirectin 1500 ppm, Dasparni Ark, flonicamid, thiamethoxam, Imidacloprid and Dimethoate against B. tabaci was conducted in mungbean during Kharif 2022-2023 at Students&rsquo; Instructional Farm, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (UP), India under field conditions with nine treatements including control in three replication.&nbsp; 
 
Result: The results demonstrated that Thiamethoxam 25 WG (50 g a.i./ha) was the most effective insecticide among all treatments, with a significant population reduction above control, followed by Imidacloprid 70 WG (5ml/l). Among the botanicals, Azadirectin 1500 ppm (5 ml/l) was the most effective against whitefly infestation in mungbean and could be applied as an eco-friendly alternative to conventional pesticides for whitefly management.

In vitro Antioxidant and Phytochemical Analysis of Aqueous and Kamadhenu Ark Extracts of Nutricereals Millets

Efficacy of Botanicals and Insecticides against Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Homoptera; Aleyrodidae) in Mungbean