Principles and practices S. Manisegaran creator Author R. P. Soundararajan Author text India Agrobios India c2023 Second revised edition monographic eng

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342 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. 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. R. P. Soundararajan Includes websites, references and glossary. Pest Management Cir./628/M278/2023 978-81-7754-575-3 250313 20250313152730.0