Termites and Sustainable Management: Economic Losses and Management

Description

This termite Volume 2 comprises 13 chapters in an attempt to bring all available information on sustainable and eco-friendly termite management. The previous Volume considered the biology, social behaviour and economic importance of these insects. Chapters in this book dealing with damage and specific management of fungus-growing termites provide a review on most recent methodologies used for management. Termite damage crops from sowing till harvest. As it is difficult to detect damages in field, usually it is too late when the symptoms are noticed. A separate chapter on issues related to Indian agriculture and the contemporary practices being followed by majority of the Indian farmers is quite informative. Similarly, a case study for termites infesting Malaysian forests constitutes an important contribution. Various issues related to integrated and eco-friendly termite management in tropical conditions have been addressed comprehensively. Potential role of microbes has also been discussed in detail in other chapters. The information contained under these chapters should help termite management in a way that natural resources can be used and maintained for the generations to come. Similarly, the chapter on physical barriers contributes a wealth of information that can be useful all over the world where termite is a problem. Emphasis has been laid on reviewing contribution of synthetic chemical insecticides in termite management. A separate chapter dealing with standard norms in wood protection constitute a significant step in this direction. A further chapter throws light on the potential of biotechnology as a tool in management. 1 The Fungus-Growing Termites:​ Biology, Damage on Tropical Crops and Specific Management M. Diouf and C. Rouland-Lefevre 2 Termite Damage in Agriculture Areas and Implanted Forests:​ An Ecological Approach Luciane Kern Junqueira and Daniela Faria Florencio 3 Termites and Indian Agriculture Bishwajeet Paul, Md. Aslam Khan, Sangeeta Paul, K. Shankarganesh and Sarbasis Chakravorty 4 Termites Infesting Malaysian Forests:​ Case Study from Bornean Forest, Sabah, Malaysia Homathevi Rahman, Kevin Fernandez and Nivaarani Arumugam 5 Integrated Termite Management in the Context of Indoor and Outdoor Pest Situation G. K. Mahapatro and Debajyoti Chatterjee 6 Eco-Friendly Termite Management in Tropical Conditions Monica Verma, Sharad Verma and Satyawati Sharma 7 Bio-intensive Integrated Management of Termites K. Sahayaraj 8 Role of Botanicals in Termite Management Syed Kamran Ahmad, Natalie Dale-Skey and Md. Aslam Khan 9 Microbes in Termite Management:​ Potential Role and Strategies Priyanka Verma, Ajar Nath Yadav, Vinod Kumar, Md. Aslam Khan and Anil Kumar Saxena 10 Sustainable Termite Management Using Physical Barriers Menandro N. Acda 11 Synthetic Insecticides:​ The Backbone of Termite Management Bishwajeet Paul, Sharda Singh, K. Shankarganesh and Md. Aslam Khan 12 Termites and Standard Norms in Wood Protection:​ A Proposal Targeting Drywood Termites Lara Maistrello 13 Biotechnology:​ A Tool in Termite Management Tariq Ahmad, Shabnum Nabi and Qazi Humera Index