Technological Innovations in Integrated Pest Management: Biorational and Ecological Perspective

Contents: 1. Ecological based pest Management. 2. Role of Biotic Stress in integrated pest management. 3. Biological control: current perspectives and limitations in Hill eco-system. 4. Integrated pest management under protected cultivation. 5. Integrated disease management for sustainable agricutlure. 6. Integrated disease management in protected environment. 7. Technological interventions in cultivation of saffron. 8. Pest management problems and strategies in hill farming. 9. Biorationals in integrated pest management. 10. Bio-rational and biological management of mite pests. 11. Breeding oilseed crops for insect pests resistance. 12. Utilization of entomopathogenic nematodes in insect pest management. 13. Spiders as natural enemies to cotnrol insect pests 225. 14. Integrated pest management and remote sensing. 15. Emerging pest problems in relation to climatic change. 16. Integrated management of pests of stored grains. 17. Integrated pest management in horticultural crops. 18. Canopy and nutrient management in litchi. 19. Insect pests management in litchi ecosystem. 20. Bio-secutiry issues in plant health management. 21. Risk to biodiveristy by exotic species introduced for biological control. 22. Extension methodologies for dissemination of IPM technologies. 23. Role of transition economy in Indian agriculture. 24. Integrated pest management: challenges and future strategies. Human population is growing rapidly, disproportionate to food supply, which necessitate production of more volume of food in the near future. The reliance on insecticides for quick and dramatic results was not totally free from adverse effects. This book intends to fill the gap by providing a critical analysis of different management strategies that have a bearing on agriculture, sustainability, and environmental protection. This book emphasizes the management strategies with evaluation of each strategy in the bigger picture of ecologically driven pest management. This book includes 24 chapters, which cover ecological and biorational basis of pest management, integrated pest and disease management, crop breeding for resistance, use of entomopathogenic nematodes and other agents, remote sensing, biosecurity issues, risk to biodiversity by exotic species, new and emerging pests of horticultural crops, saffron and stored grains, the role of extension technologies in dissemination of IPM and, future challenges and strategies. The book is aimed to serve as reference book for teachers, researchers, extension officers, and policy makers associated with IPM. This book can also be used as supplementary reading material in undergraduate and postgraduate courses. This book provides a multidisciplinary IPM perspective to entomologists, plant pathologists, extension educationists, anthropologist and economists. (jacket). …