The rapid change in the agroecosystem leaves a snag in the establishment of harmony of the disturbed ecosystem. In nut shell, man's frantic bid for more production tended him to be oblivious of the ecological implications of the measures adopted to achieve immediate benefit, thus the urge for evolution of pest management in a sustainable manner. There are 32 critical through provoking chapters by experts in relevant fields. In Entomology, chapters are Bioefficacy of certain botanicals against green pea aphid, Acarine fauna associated with honeybee and their management, Metarhizium anisoplia: a potential biopesticide, Biological control as a means of pest management strategy, Conventional and non-conventional botanicals, Ecofriendly pest management in fruit pests, Pheromone for pest management, Population dynamic of Gallinaceous insect, Management of insect pest of stored products, Natural presticides from Lac host plants, Pest complex of jute, Botanicals for pest management, Role of proteinase inhibitors in insect control and Integrated pest and disease management of viral diseases in rice, Other virus on agricultural crops, Yellow vein mosaic virus on Okra, Management of maize stalk rot, Current status of seed mycoflora of small millets, Postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables, Ecofriendly management of nematodes, Indigenous knowledge for crop pests, GIS and GPS systems for pest management, Survival startegies of parthenium and its management, Seasonality of Nomuraea rileyi, Green manure for sustainable production, Ecofriendly management of late blight disease. These chapters point towards the sustainability of pests management.
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- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Bioefficacy of Certain Botanical Insecticides Against Green Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum on Pea Agro-ecosystem in Manipur
- T. Shantibala and T. K. Singh
- 2. Acarine Fauna Associated with Honeybees and Their Management
- Rachna Gulati and V.K. Kalra
- 3. Metarhizium anisopliae: A Potential Biopesticide for Insect Pest Management
- V. Rachappa, R.K. Patil, S.S. Navi and S. Lingappa
- 4. Biological Control: An Eco-friendly Pest Management Strategy
- K. Elanchezhyan
- 5. Conventional and Non-Conventional Botanicals as Insect Control Agent
- Deb Prasad Ray, Gita Kulshrestha and D. Prasad
- 6. Eco-friendly Approaches for the Management of Fruit Pests
- D.R. Sharma
- 7. Pheromone: A Modern Weapon in Insect Pest Management
- R. Sheeba Jasmine, J. Stanley and S. Chandrasekaran
- 8. Population Dynamics and Distribution of a Gallinaceous Insect Trioza hirsuta (Hemoptera : Psyllidae) Infesting Terminalia omentosa W&A
- S.C. Dhiman and Sangeeta Singh
- 9. Management of Insect Pests of Stored Products with Plant Products in Nigeria
- M.O. Ashamo
- 10. Viral Diseases of Rice and Their Management
- S.K. Tripathi
- 11. Management of Important Plant Viruses in Indian Agriculture
- K.K. Biswas and Arnab Gupta
- 12. Yellow Vein Mosaic on Okra-Dreaded Disease
- Pushpa D. Patil and S.S. Mehetre
- 13. Management of Bacterial Diseases of Rice
- S.K. Tripathi and A.K. Jain
- 14. Current Status of Seed Mycoflora of Small Millet Crops and Their Management
- B.K. Jain and S.K. Tripathi
- 15. Postharvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables and Their Management
- Dinesh Singh and R.R. Sharma
- 16. Epidemiology and Management of Post Flowering Stalk Rots of Maize
- Meena Shekhar and Sangit Kumar
- 17. Potential Natural Pesticides from Lac Host Plants
- S. Srivastava, D. Prasad, D. Saha and Govind Pal
- 18. Biofertilizers for Sustainable Vegetable Production
- Anita Singh, Y.V. Singh and Shashi Kamal
- 19. Ecological Strategies for Management of Phytonematodes
- D. Prasad
- 20. Pest Complex of Jute and Their Management
- S. Rahman and M.R. Khan
- 21. Indigenous Knowledge for Managing Crop Pests
- A.K. Kanojia and Sumitra Arora
- 22. Geographic Information System and Global Positioning System for Managing Crop Pests
- A.K. Kanojia
- 23. Survival Strategies of Parthenium hysterophorus and its Management
- Manoj S. Paul and Jai Knox
- 24. Integrated Weed Management
- T.K. Das
- 25. Seasonality of Nomuraea rileyi in Northern Transitional Belt of Karnataka
- V. Rachappa and S. Lingappa
- 26. Use of Green Manure Crops in Sustainable Vegetable Production
- Anita Singh and B.P. Singh
- 27. Evaluation of Plant Extracts for Control of Seedling Blight of Eleusine coracana (Finger millet)
- J.S. Arekar, D.R. Pawar and M.S. Joshi
- 28. Botanicals and Their Role in Insect Pest Management
- Poduri Nagaraja Rao
- 29. Role of Proteinase Inhibitors in Insect Control
- Rekha Kumar, R. Chauhan and Ram Singh
- 30. Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Apple
- S.S. Singh, U.S. Singh and N.C. Nainwal
- 31. Eco-friendly Management of Late Blight Disease of Potato in the Plains of West Bengal
- Amitava Basu
- 32. Safeguard Green Cradle: The Lap for Plants
- S. Murugan and R. Anand
- Index
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