Forest Entomology/edited by
L.K. Jha and P.K. Sen-Sarma. New Delhi,
APH Pub., 2008, x, 388 p., tables, figs., ISBN 81-313-0332-0.
Forest Entomology/edited by
L.K. Jha and P.K. Sen-Sarma. New Delhi,
APH Pub., 2008, x, 388 p., tables, figs., ISBN 81-313-0332-0.
Contents: Preface. 1. Protection of forest seeds against insect pests and fungi during storage. 2. Termites as pests of forest nurseries and plantation. 3. Pests of Acacia species and their management. 4. Pests of neem and their management in arid and semi-arid regions. 5. Pests of ailanthus and their management. 6. Biology, ecology and control of ailanthus defoliator Atteva Fabriciella Swed. 7. Pests of teak and their management. 8. Pests of Albizia SPP. and their management. 9. Pests of fodder trees and their management. 10. Pests of dipterocarpacece and their management. 11. Pests of casuarina equisetifolia and their management. 12. Pests of fruit trees and their management. 13. Pests of lac host plants and their management. 14. Pests of silk host plants and their management. 15. Pests problems in rural housing and their management. 16. Pest problems in social forestry plantation and their management. 17. Mycoplasma and allied diseases of forest trees and vector host-pathogen interaction. 18. Sandal spike disease: an integrated approach to control. 19. Economic importance of termites in forests and agro-ecosystem. 20. Control of forest insect pests. Index.
From the Preface: "The present book, ipso facto presents an account of Forest Plantation Pests and Their Management on which no comprehensive book is currently available in the entire South Asia. Different chapters of the book have been written by experts based on their long experiences.
The topics covered in this book includes pests of forest seeds, forest nurseries, insect pests of plantations of neem, Ailanthus, Albizzia, Casurarina, lac and silk host plants, social forestry plantations, termite problems in plantation forestry and agroecosystem sandal spike disease having vector borne MLO etiology, vector-hosts-pathogen interactions, silvicultural cum biological management of pest of plantation forestry etc.
The book is, therefore, intended as a desirable supplement to Dr. C.F.C. Beeson's magnum opus on forest entomology and has been written in the light of the changes that have occurred in plantation forestry, especially with the introduction of exotic tree species.
It is hoped that students, teachers and research workers and last but not the least plantation foresters will have some base material to stimulate further advances in the field of pests of plantation forestry not only in India but also in other countries of South Asia."