Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Crop Protection, Jaya Pub. House, 9789391063443

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Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Crop Protection

P Parvatha Reddy (Author)

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The present book on 'Harnessing Frontier Technologies for Sustainable Crop Protection' deals with optimal resource use for pest management with high productivity and enhanced ecosystem services. The important frontier technologies for sustainable crop protection include precision agriculture, nanotechnology, genetically modified crops, genome editing, biointensive integrated pest management, biofumigation, push-pull strategy, grafted vegetables, cultivar mixtures, improved botanical formulations, and biological control. This alternative paradigm has been shown to work in many parts of the world, and is biologically and ecologically as well as economically more efficient in producing the required outputs of goods such as edible and non-edible biological products and at the same time taking care of other essential ecosystem services that regulate soil, crop and ecosystem health and protect habitats and biodiversity.

This book will be of immense value to scientific community involved in teaching, research and extension activities related to crop protection. The material can be used for teaching post-graduate courses. The book can also serve as a very useful reference to policy makers and practicing farmers.

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About the author

P Parvatha Reddy

Dr. P. Parvatha Reddy obtained his Ph.D. degree jointly from the University of Florida, USA and the university of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. Dr. Reddy served as the Director of the prestigious Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) at Bangalore from 1999 to 2002 during which period the Institute was honoured with "ICAR Best Institution Award". He also served as the Head, Division of Entomology and Nematology at IIHR. Dr. Reddy has over 237 scientific publications to his credit, which also include six books on "Plant Nematology". "A Treatise on Phytonematology", "Integrated Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems", "Advances in IPM for Horticultural crops", "IPM in Horticultural Crops: Emerging Trends in New Millennium" & "Organic Farming for Sustainable Horticulture: Principles & Practices". Dr. Reddy served as a member of the Research Advisory Committee of the National Centre for Integrated Pest Management, New Delhi; the National Research Centre for Citrus, Nagpur and the Project Directorate of Biological Control, Bangalore. He also served as a Member of the ICAR Scientific Panel for Nematology, Member of the QRT to review the progress of AICRP on Nematodes and AINRP on Betelvine. He is the Honorary Fellow of the Society for Plant Protection Sciences, New Delhi. Dr. Reddy has been awarded with the prestigious "Association for Advancement of Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems Award" by Association for Advancement of Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, Bangalore; "Prof. H.M. Shah Memorial Award" by Nematological Society of India, New Delhi and "Hexamar Agricultural Research and Development Foundation Award" by Plant Protection Association of India, Hyderabad.

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