Integrated Pest Management
Principles and Practice
Published on 24. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-1-78639-031-8 (ISBN)
Description
Providing a critical evaluation of the management strategies involved in ecologically-based pest management, this book presents a balanced overview of environmentally safe and ecologically sound approaches. Topics covered include biological control with fungi and viruses, conservation of natural predators, use of botanicals and how effective pest management can help promote food security. In the broader context of agriculture, sustainability and environmental protection, the book provides a multidisciplinary and multinational perspective on integrated pest management useful to researchers in entomology, crop protection, environmental sciences and pest management.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 174 mm
Width: 244 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1010 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78639-031-8 (9781786390318)
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Persons
Dr D.P.Abrol is the Ex-Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu, India Professor Shankar is in the Division of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences &Technology, Jammu, India
Editor
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, India
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu, India
Contributions
CSIRO Entomology, Australia
Central Research Institue for Dry Land Agriculture, Santosh, Nagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, , INDIA
Associate Professor, Department of Entomolgy, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7613, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7613, UNITED STATES
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India
Universite de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, IBEAS-BP, 1155-64013, Pau Cedex, , , FRANCE
Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, , INDIA
OARDC, Ohio State University, USA
Forest Entomologist, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 208 Airport Drive, Middletown, PA, 17057, UNITED STATES
Content
1: History, Overview and Principles of Ecologically Based Pest Management 2: Integrated Pest Management for Sustainable Agriculture 3: Pest Monitoring and Forecasting 4: Augmentation and Conservation of Natural Enemies 5: Biotechnological and molecular approaches in management of pests and diseases of crop plants 6: Botanicals in Pest Management 7: Biopesticides in Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management 8: Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Tools in Integrated Pest 9: Microbial Control of Crop Pests Using Entomopathogenic Fungi 10: Microbial control of crop pests using insect viruses 11: Biological control of weeds with plant pathogens: four decades on 12: Virus and Bacteria Transmitting Arthropod Vectors and Their Management 13: Effect of Pesticides on Non Target Sites with reference to Soil Ecosystem 14: Integrated Pest Management in Stored Grains 15: Role of Integrated Pest Management in Food and Nutritional Security 16: Role of Information and Communication Technology in Integrated Pest Management 17: From Integrated Pest Management to Ecosystem Management: The Case of Urban Lawn