Integrated Pest Management: Principles and Practice

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.

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