Pests and Their Management

Description

This book comprehensively compiles information on some of the major pests that afflict agricultural, horticultural and medicinal crops in particular as well as many polyphagous pests. Not only does this book deal with the pests of common globally produced crops it also addresses those of rarely dealt with crops such as seed spices, medicinal and aromatic plants. While the perspective of insect pests is largely Indian and South East Asian in context, the book does deal with globally problematic pests, particularly polyphagous ones. Not only will the readers be acquainted with the pests, their damaging potential and their life cycle but also with the latest methods of managements including ecofriendly measures being employed to keep pest populations at manageable levels. The 27 chapters in the book, are grouped into four sections primarily based on crop types, viz. pest of agricultural, horticultural and medicinal crops, and polyphagous pests, making the book easy to navigate. Each of the chapters is comprehensive and well illustrated and written by academicians who have dedicated their entire lives to the study of a particular crop-pest complex. The final chapter of this book provides an overview on the principles and processes of pest management. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi Pests and Their Management ( Omkar)....Pages 1-5 Front Matter ....Pages 7-7 Pests of Rice (Neha Bhatt, Sonia Joshi, S. N. Tiwari)....Pages 9-50 Pests of Maize (Pradyumn Kumar, Jaswinder Kaur, S. B. Suby, J. C. Sekhar, Soujanya P. Lakshmi)....Pages 51-79 Pests of Wheat (Neeta Gaur, Swathi Mogalapu)....Pages 81-97 Pests of Pulses (Hem Saxena, Sanjay Bandi, M. Devindrappa)....Pages 99-136 Pests of Soybean (Neeta Gaur, Swathi Mogalapu)....Pages 137-162 Insect Pests of Vegetables (Neha Kunjwal, Ravi Mohan Srivastava)....Pages 163-221 Management of Pests of Oilseed Crops (H. Basappa, P. Duraimurugan)....Pages 223-240 Pests of Sugarcane (M. V. Geetha, M. Kalyanasundaram, J. Jayaraj, M. Shanthi, V. A. Vijayashanthi, D. Hemalatha et al.)....Pages 241-310 Pests of Stored Grains (Arun Kumar Tripathi)....Pages 311-359 Insect Pests of Cotton (T. P. Rajendran, Ajanta Birah, Prasad S. Burange)....Pages 361-411 Front Matter ....Pages 413-413 Pests of Mango (Poluru Venkata Rami Reddy, B. Gundappa, A. K. Chakravarthy)....Pages 415-440 Pests of Banana (B. Padmanaban)....Pages 441-455 Pests of Apple (Akhtar Ali Khan, Abdul Rouf Wani, Farooq Ahmad Zaki, R. K. Nehru, S. S. Pathania)....Pages 457-490 Pests of Guava (Baradevanal Gundappa, M. Balaji Rajkumar, Shivshankar Singh, S. Rajan)....Pages 491-516 Pests of Grapes (N. S. Kulkarni)....Pages 517-557 Pests of Citrus (C. N. Rao, Anjitha George)....Pages 559-585 Pests of Jackfruit (M. Balaji Rajkumar, B. Gundappa, Manish Mani Tripathi, S. Rajan)....Pages 587-602 Front Matter ....Pages 603-603 Pests of Walnut (Akhtar Ali Khan, Ajaz Ahmad Kundoo)....Pages 605-647 Pests of Indian Tea Plantations (Ananda Mukhopadhyay, Soma Das, Kumar Basnet)....Pages 649-695 Pests of Seed Spices (Krishna Kant, Siya Ram Meena)....Pages 697-718 Pests of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (Arun Kumar Tripathi)....Pages 719-822 Front Matter ....Pages 823-823 Locusts (Mohd. Kamil Usmani, Shahnila Usmani)....Pages 825-869 Aphids (S. Chakrabarti)....Pages 871-908 Termites (N. G. Kumar)....Pages 909-971 Rodents (G. Govinda Raj)....Pages 973-1013 Insect Pest Management (Bhupendra Kumar, Omkar)....Pages 1015-1078