TY  - BOOK
AU  - Awasthi, V. B.
TI  - Agricultural Insect Pests and their Control
SN  - 978-9386237-13-2
U1  - 632.7 AWA 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Jodhpur
PB  - Scientific Publisher
N1  - Description:
This book has been mainly written keeping in view the requirements of the students of Agricultural Entomology of various Universities. The book provides a brief account on the structure, function, development and metamorphosis, and a comprehensive account on almost all the methods of pest control. The nature of damage caused by the important insect pests of crops, their life histories and control have been described. It is hoped that the students of Agricultural Entomology, will find the book extremely useful. The book is also useful to the Plant Protection Departments and similar Institutions. The book will also be useful to those who are preparing for competitive examinations conducted by various central and state Government agencies for recruitment. Every attempt has been made to provide necessary information from the point of view of students of Agricultural Entomology, which is not available in other books.
Contents:
1. Introduction

2. Insects : structure and function

3. The development and metamorphosis

4. Cultural control

5. Physical and mechanical control

6. Biological control

7. Insect hormones as pesticides

8. Plant quarantine and legal control

9. Chemical control

10. Insecticide application equipment

11. Integrated pest management

12. Biological tactis for management of insect pests

13. Molecular techniques and habitat manipulation for parasitoid conservation in cropping systems

14. Polyphagous pests

15. Pests of cotton and fibre crops

16. Pests of sugarcane

17. Pests of oilseed crops

18. Pests of pulse crops

19. Pests of sorghum

20. Pests of cereal crops

21. Pests of fruits and fruit trees

22. Pests of vegetables

23. Pests of plantation crops

24. Pests of soybean

25. Insect and other pests of floricultural crops

26. Pests of stored grains

27. Pests of spices, narcotics and drugs

Selected Bibliography

Appendix I –  The common names and trade names of some insecticides

Appendix II - Characteristics of insect orders and their agricultural importance
ER  -