Organic Pest Management : Potentials and Applications
Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Organic pest control-scenario in India: 1. Status and scope of organic pest control in Indian agriculture/Rajendran T.P. 2. Scope of organic pest control options in integrated crop pest management/Sharma O.P., D.K. Garg and O.M. Bambawale. 3. Scope of organic pest control in oilseeds crops/Vimala Devi P.S. 4. Eco-friendly management of soil borne pests/Rajagopal D. 5. Organic pest management in agricultural ecosystems/Nadarajan L. 6. Integrated pest management in tea in South India: problems and prospects/Babu A. 7. Pest problems and their eco-friendly management techniques in Cardamam/Kumaresan D. 8. Management of coconut pests under organic farming conditions/Ramaraju K. 9. Promoting IPM with focus on organic pest control/Hariprasad Y. II. Utilization of biological control agents: 10. Emerging trends in improving the impact potential of biocontrol agents: case study of Trichogramma/Sithanantham, S. 11. Biological control of pests in horticultural ecosystems/Krishnamoorthy, A. 12. Mass production protocols for potential biological controls agents/Chandish Ballal and Sunil Joshi. 13. Improved mass production technologies of major biocontrol agents for efficient pest management/Vijayakumar N. 14. Analysis of natural enemy biodiversity in rice and cotton ecosystems and evaluation of IPM components/Ananda Ganesa Raja B. III. Utilization of microbials: 15. Utilization of microbials in crop protection/Bambawale O.M. 16. Registration for mass production of microbial biopesticides/Vimala Devi P.S. 17. Impact of Research and Development (R & D) in enhancing the field potential of Baculoviruses/Narayanan K. and G.P. Shetty. 18. Mycoinsecticides : towards organic pest control/Narayanasamy P. IV. Botanical insecticides: 19. Potential of botanical biopesticides for efficient pest management strategies/Opender Koul. 20. Secondary plant compounds in insect pest management practical experiences and prospects/Arivudainambi, S. 21. Utility of plant products in organic pest control/Veeravel, R. V. Pheromones and traps: 22. Use of pheromones for managing pests of field crops/Nandagopal, V. 23. Traps for management of stored product insects/Mohan S. and P. Pretheep Kumar. 24. Use of lures and traps as ecofriendly techniques for organic pest control: case study of fruit flies/Sithanantham, S. 25. Traps in crop pests management/Kathivelu C. VI. Host plant resistance: 26. Host plant resistance as complement to organic pest management/Selvanarayanan V. VII. Flyash in pest control: 27. Flyash: potential component in organic pest control/Narayanasamy, P. VIII. Phytonematodes: 28. Potential of biocontrol agents in the management of nematode pests of crops/Jonathan E.I., S. Prabhu, K. Devrajan and P. Senthilkumar. 29. Scope of organic amendments for the management of plant parasitic nematodes/Jonathan, E.I., S. Prabhu, K. Devrajan and P. Senthilkumar. IX. Miscellaneous: 30. Appropriate plant nutrition technologies for sustainable pest management/Ravichandran, M. 31. Plant-pest interaction/Panneerselvam R. Index.
"Various chapters brought under the purview of this book include: integrated pest management with focus on organic pest control in various field and plantation crops, mass production techniques and potential for various biocontrol agents and microbial insecticides, utilization of plant products against pests, use of pheromones and traps in crop pests management, host plant resistance, flyash as a component in pest control, potential of biocontrol agents and organic amendments in the management of plant parasitic nematodes, plant nutrition technologies for pest management and plant pest interaction.
The overall contents of the book would emphasize eco-friendly pest control tactics applicable in field and horticultural ecosystems and in grain store godowns.
The contents of the book would auger well for promoting eco friendly techniques of pest management."
