Contents: Preface. 1. Insect pest management: from traditional to sustainable approach/G.S. Dhaliwal, Ramesh Arora and E.A. Heinrichs. 2. Cultural control of insect pests in tropical crops/F.E. Nwilene and K.F. Nwanze. 3. Biological control in agroecosystems through management of entomophagous insects/Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls. 4. Microbial control of insects: use of bacterial insecticides/Hyun-ku Lee, Hosun Cheong and Sarjeet S. Gill. 5. Host plant resistance to insects/Z.R. Khan and R.C. Saxena. 6. Botanical pest control/R.C. Saxena. 7. Pesticide management: issues and strategies/B.S. Parmar and P. Dureja. 8. Biotechnology and insect pest management/T.N. Ananthakrishnan. 9. Behaviour and development modifying approaches from plant defense mechanisms/Opender Koul. 10. Integrated pest management: springboard to sustainable agriculture/Elske van de Fliert. 11. IPM in the 21st century: challenges and opportunities/E.A. Heinrichs. Index.

[G.S. Dhaliwal is Professor of Ecology in the Department of Entomology at the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. His books include Pesticides: Their Ecological Impact in Developing Countries and Advances in Host Plant Resistance to Insects.

E.A. Heinrichs is Research Professor of Entomology at the University of Nebraska. His books include Genetic Evaluation for Insect Resistance in Rice and Biology and Management of Rice Insects.