Pest management in field crops / Principles and practices

S. Manisegaran

Pest management in field crops / Principles and practices R. P. Soundararajan - Second revised edition - India Agrobios India c2023 - 342 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.

Includes websites, references and glossary.

Contents: Introduction. -- Plant protection: importance and history. -- Plant quarantine. -- Pest management: principles and concepts. -- Pest surveillance and crop loss assessment. -- Pesticides, pesticides appliances and preparation of spray fluid. -- Compatibility of pesticides. -- Integrated pest management: a shifting paradigm in pest management. -- Pest of cereals: rice and wheat. -- Pests of millets. -- Pests of pulses. -- Pest of oilseeds. -- Pests of cotton. -- Pests of sugarcane. -- pests of tobacco. -- Pests of green manure and forage crops. -- Non insect pests. -- Pests of stored products. -- Locusts and their management. -- Mass production of bio -control agents. -- Potential integrated pest management strategies for crop pests. -- Biotechnology and insect pest management. -- Invasive pest and their management. -- Model questions for discussion.

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Pest Management

Cir./628/M278/2023