Encyclopaedia Of Insect Pest Management

The intense application of synthetic chemical pesticides in different crops has created many complications such as pesticide resistance in insects, secondary pest outbreak and health hazards. Many alternatives are being proposed as eco-friendly and economically viable non-chemical methods. Biopesticides, biological control, cultural control and traditional pest management (TPM) are the important postulates that govern non-chemical insect pest management. Since our country has a rich source of plants and unexplored microbes, there is a scope of finding numerous active principles from plant sand microbes for the purpose of insect pest management. This book throws new light on alternative technologies to control insect pests. Scientists from different institutions formal over lndia have provided various biotechnology-based techniques and other means to manage insect pests. Contents: introduction; Major Insect Pest Management; in sect Pest Management in Oilseeds; Pest Management in Pulses and Vegetables; insect Pest Management in Fruits; A Total System Approach to Sustainable Pest Management,