Agricultural Insect Pests and their Control
V.B. Awasthi
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Add to basketSold by Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
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Add to basketContents: 1. Introduction. 2. Insects : structure and function. 3. The development and metamorphosis. 4. Cultural control. 5. Physical and mechanical control. 6. Biological control. 7. Insect hormones as pesticides. 8. Plant quarantine and legal control. 9. Chemical control. 10. Insecticide application equipment. 11. Integrated pest management. 12. Biological tactis for management of insect pests.13. Molecular techniques and habitat manipulation for parasitoid conservation in cropping systems. 14. Polyphagous pests. 15. Pests of cotton and fibre crops. 16. Pests of sugarcane. 17. Pests of oilseed crops. 18. Pests of pulse crops. 19. Pests of sorghum. 20. Pests of cereal crops. 21. Pests of fruits and fruit trees. 22. Pests of vegetables. 23. Pests of plantation crops. 24. Pests of soybean. 25. Insect and other pests of floricultural crops. 26. Pests of stored grains. 27. Pests of spices, narcotics and drugs. Selected Bibliography. Appendices. This book has been mainly written keeping in view the requirements of the students of Agricultural Entomology of various Universities. The book provides a brief account on the structure, function, development and metamorphosis, and a comprehensive account on almost all the methods of pest control. The nature of damage caused by the important insect pests of crops, their life histories and control have been described. It is hoped that the students of Agricultural Entomology, will find the book extremely useful. The book is also useful to the Plant Protection Departments and similar Institutions. The book will also be useful to those who are preparing for competitive examinations conducted by various central and state Government agencies for recruitment. Every attempt has been made to provide necessary information from the point of view of students of Agricultural Entomology, which is not available in other books. (jacket).
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