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The book entitled Objective Guide in Entomology embodies a fairly comprehensive treatment of the objective type questions on Basic and Applied Agricultural Entomology. This book covers the: Entire field of entomology step by step in the form of questions and answers to be specifically useful for interviews viva-voce comprehensive preliminary examinations etc. Book consists of different objective type questions like multiple choice on the various topics like systematics, Taxonomy Morphology, Embryology, Physiology, Ecology, Biological control, Toxicology. Host plant resistance, Innovative approaches in pest control, Integrated pest management, pesticides application equipments, pests of various crops and their management, pests of stored product and their management, pests of stored product and their management, arthropod vectors of plant diseases, apiculture, sericulture, Lac insect and other useful insects. This book will be of great help in recollecting vast knowledge within a short time to meet the requirement of students appearing in ASRB and other competitive examinations multiple choice objective type questions have also been farmed and appended at the end of the book. The book would have useful to students preparation for various competitive examinations conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research-JRF, Agricultural Scientific Recruitment Board-ARS/NET, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management-SRF, Indian Agricultural Research Institute- PG/Ph.D. Entrance, Union Public Service Commission, SAUs Entrance and Allied Agricultural Examinations and also useful to teachers.

Contents: 1. Insect morphology. 2. Insect physiology. 3. Insect systematic. 4. Insect ecology. 5. Insect pest management. 6. Host plant resistance. 7. Biological control. 8. Insecticide toxicology. 9. Insect pests of field crops. 10. Insect pests of horticultural crops. 11. Storage entomology. 12. Insect vectors. 13. Beneficial insects. 14. Plant nematology.