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Crop protection is a major sector of agriculture which attempts to reduce the losses due to insect pests, diseases, nematodes and weeds which are a major constraint in the production and productivity of economically important crops. Indiscriminate and injudicious use of chemical pesticides has caused harm to human health and environment. Therefore, ecologically safe option of integrated pest management (IPM) considered as springboard to sustainable crop management is a present day necessity. This book uniquely combines all major subjects on sustainable crop protection and discusses pest management strategies for major crops of economic importance. Utilisation of parasites, predators, entomopathogens, pheromone technology, maintenance of diversity and sanitary and Phytosanitary measures are the major features of this book. In all 38 chapters written by experts in their respective fields have been included. The authors have very ably outlined the issues and problems of plant protection and suggested right blend of improved technologies and effective management options that are being utilized in the present day sustainable crop protection scenario. This book is a timely exercise and likely to be received with interest by researchers, teachers, students, extension workers, master trainers, agribusiness entrepreneurs, farmers and others interested in sustainable crop management.

Contents:

Vol. 1

1. Maintenance of Diversity in Sugarcane Crop System : A Pest Management Perspective / J. Srikanth 2. Evolution of National Plant Quarantine System in India in Tune with International Phytosanitary Regime / B. Sarath Babu, K. S. Varaprasad, Kavita Gupta and R. K. Khetarpal 3. Disease Resistance in Rice : Progress and Perspectives / Ram Singh, S. Sunder, C. S. Reddy and D. S. Dodan 4. Geo-spatial Technologies in Pest Management / A. K. Kanoji 5. Characterization, Diagnostics and Management of Viruses Infecting Onion in India / Meenakshi Arya and V. K. Baranwal 6. Pheromone Based Strategy for the Management of Red Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) in Palm Agro-ecosystems / J. R. Faleiro 7. Phytophagous Mites of Economic Plants of India / R. N. Singh and J. Singh 8. Simulation Modelling and Climate Change in Relation to Pest Management / Subhash Chander 9. Information Technology in Integrated Pest Management / Niranjan Singh and H. R. Sardana 10. Fruit Files and their Management / H. R. Sardana 11. Integrated Pests and Diseases of Temperate Fruit Crops and their Management / Farooq A. Zaki Qazi Nissar Ahmad, M. A. Mantoo and Mumazah Yaqoob 12. Sustainable Management of Insect Pests of Spice Crops / S. Devasahayam 13. Weed Management in Field Crops : Traditional to Modern Approaches / T. K. Das 14. Pest Forecasting for Integrated Pest Management / D. K. Das and H. R. Sardana 15. Integrated Management of Diseases of Important Spice Crops / R. Suseela Bhai and Santosh J. Eapen 16. Pea Rust (Uromyces fabae) and its Inheritance of Resistance / Ramesh Chand, Chanda Kushwaha and Anil Kumar Singh 17. Management of Fungal and Bacterial Diseases of Tomato / M. K. Naik, G. Ramegowda, S. Sudha and Y. S. Amaresh 18. Integrated Pest Management in Rice : A Bio-Intensive Approach / Gururaj Katti, A. P. Padmakumari, Ch. Padmavathi and Chitra Shanker 19. Integrated Pest Management in Groundnut / V. Nandagopal, S. Desai and T. V. Prasad

Vol. 2

20. Integrated Pest Management in Short Duration Pigeonpea / Nitin Joshi, M. K. Pandey, C. P. Srivastava and Mukesh Sehgal 21. Pest Management in Changing Cotton Scenario / Rishi Kumar, Dilip Monga, S. L. Jat and K. C. Kumhar 22. Rodent Pest Management in Arid Land Farming System / R. S. Tripathi 23. Pheromones in Indian Agriculture and Future Scope / V. Nandagopal 24. Application of Fungicides in Improving Agriculture Production / R. D. Rawal and C. Chandershekhar 25. Approaches for Integrated Disease Management of Onion and Garlic / R. K. Mishra and R. P. Gupta 26. Biocontrol Strategies for the Management of Vegetable Pests using Entomopathogenic Fungi / T. Jiji, A. Naseema and R. Praveena 27. Disease and Pest Management of Pomegranate in the Semi Arid Region of the Western India / B. G. Bagle, H. K. Joshi and T. A. More 28. Fungal Biocontrol of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes / D. Prasad 29. Indigenous Knowledge to Manage Insect Pests and Diseases of Cotton Based Cropping Systems in India / A. K. Kanojia and Sumitra Arora 30. Predators and Parasitoids in Pest Management / S. K. Jalali 31. Recent Advances in Management of Insect Pests of Vegetables Crops / T. M. Shivalingaswamy, S. Satpathy and A. B. Rai 32. Red Rot Menace and its Sustainable Management in Sugarcane / Narendra Singh 33. Status and Prospects of IPM in Rapeseed-Mustard / Y. P. Singh 34. Termite's Management with Special Reference to Sugarcane / S. K. Pandey 35. Changing Scenario of Pests and their Management in Sesame / D. B. Ahuja and T. S. Rajpurohit 36. Amino Acid Analysis for Biotechnological Crop Improvement and Allied Applications / H. C. Meher and V. T. Gajbhiye 37. An Existing and Futuristic Studies of Neem in 21st Century / Ashuthosh Isaiah and Manoj S. Paul 38. Pests of Irrigated Oil Palm and their Management / P. Kalidas.