Recent Trends in Insect Pest Management

Contents: Preface. I. Host plant resistance and transgenics: 1. Transgenic plants, pest management and environmental concerns: an overview/H.C. Sharma, M.K. Dhillon and Joerg Romeis. 2. Feeding preference of Helicoverpa armigera larvae to different tomato accessions/M. Amutha and S. Manisegaran. II. Microbial technology in IPM and inducing Pseudo resistance in host plants: 3. Induction of resistance in crop plants against insect pests—an attempt with bioinoculants/V. Selvanarayanan. 4. Induced resistance in cotton by application of neonicotinoids against aphids/S. Suganya Kanna, P. Karuppuchamy, S. Kuttalam and K. Parvathi. 5. Induced systemic resistance through various organic nutrients on the management of leaf hopper, Amrasca devastans Dist. In Brinjal/K. Suresh, R. Rajendran, S. Manisegaran, R.K. Murali Baskaran and B. Usha Rani. 6. Induction of resistance through organic nutrients for the management of rice yellow stemborer, Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker)/B. Usha Rani, R. Rajendran, K. Suresh and D.S. Rajavel. III. Recent trends in IPM: 7. Progress and perspectives in the Integrated management of insect and mite pests of coconut/S. Jayaraj. 8. Recent trends in rice insect pest management/J. Diraviam. 9. Evaluation of certain organic amendments on the management of Epilachna vigintioctopunctata Fab. On Ashwagandha, Withania somnifera Dunal./A. Ravikumar, R. Rajendran and C. Chinniah. 10. Evaluation of IPM Modules for the management of Sorghum Pests in Rabi/R.A. Balikai. 11. In search of green pesticides for tea pest management: Phlogocanthus thyrsiflorus experience/L.K. Hazarika, N.C. Barua, S. Kalita and N. Gogoi. 12. Non-insecticidal management of pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis Linn./L. Ramazeame and D. Adiroubane. 13. Castor and tapioca pest management for Eri culture in South India/K. Subramanian, D. Amuthamurugan, J. Diraviam, N. Sakthivel, S. Jayaraj and S.M.H. Qadri. 14. Arthropod population dynamics for the natural control of rice insect pests/J. Diraviam, M. Selvanayagam and S. Ignacimuthu. IV. Miscellaneous: 15. Emerging trends in insect pest management in Vanya sericulture/R.N. Singh. 16. Mosquito vectors of dengue in India with special reference to the available surveillance tools and control measures: an overview/P. Philip Samuel and B.K. Tyagi. V. Genetic improvement of entomophages and improved technology for mass rearing of natural enemies: 17. Interaction between the egg-larval parasitoid, Chelonus blackburni and nucleopolyhedrovirus in Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)/S. Jeyarani, P. Karuppuchamy and N. Sathiah. 18. Life history and predatory efficiency of Stethorus sp. Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), an important predator of red spider mite infesting era/K. Perumalsamy, A. Babu, Sachin P. James and N. Muraleedharan. 19. Mass multiplication of Micromus igorotus—a potential predator of sugarcane woolly aphid/C.P. Mallapur, K.P. Gundannavar, D.N. Kambrekar, Sharanabasappa, K.A. Kulkarni and R.J. Rabindra. 20. Monitoring the population of Hoppers in rice fields of Trivandrum District, Kerala/R. Anis Joseph, K.S. Premila and Hebsybai. 21. Rearing of Sycanus croceovittatus (Dohrn) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) on termite food/Soma Das and Ananda Mukhopadhyay. VI. Entomopathogens: 22. Role of mycotoxin from the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae for insect pest management—current status/V. Padmaja and K. Sowjanya Sree. 23. Validating the bioefficacy of commercial entomopathogenic formulations against key insect pests of Okra/A. Karthikeyan and V. Selvanarayanan. 24. Bioassay of two pathogenic bacteria in tea looper caterpillar, Buzura suppressaria and leaf roller, Gracilaria theivora/D. De and A. Mukhopadhyay. 25. Evaluation of certain entomopathogenic fungi against Sugarcane woolly aphid, Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehntner/D. Aruna Jothi, S. Jeyarani and G. Santharam. 26. Isolation of Baculovirus from tea looper caterpillar, Buzura suppressaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its bioassay/A. Mukhopadhyay and D. De. 27. Management of Sorghum Army worm, Mythimna separata (walker) through entomopathogens/Shekharappa, R.K. Patil and G.K. Ramegouda. 28. Pathogenicity of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschn.) Sorokin against Banana Pseudostem Weevil/M.K. Sahi Beegum and N. Anitha. 29. Studies on the pathogenicity of the fungus Paecilomyces fumosoroseus against red spider mite Oligonychus coffeae on tea/A. Babu, R. Selvasundaram, Sachin P. James, V. Balasubramanian and N. Muraleedharan. VII. Botanical formulations and substances: 30. Antifeedant activity of Alangium salvifolium (L.F.) Wangerin (Alangiaceae) leaf extracts on Asian armyworm Spodoptera litura (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)/M. Gabriel Paulraj, M. Pavunraj and S. Ignacimuthu. 31. Antifeedant activity of Golden leather fern Acrostichum aureum L. against Asian armyworm, Spodoptera litura Fab./V. Duraipandiyan, S. Ezhil Vendan, K.M. Khaleel and S. Ignacimuthu. 32. Antifeedant and growth inhibiting effects of Morinda tinctoria Roxb. Against Spodoptera litura (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)/S. Lingathurai, S. Ezil Vendan, M. Gabriel Paulraj and S. Ignacimuthu. 33. Bio-efficacy of herbal powder as seed/grain protectants against Callosobruchus spp in blackgram cv. VBN 3/K. Sujatha, K. Ramamoorthy and D.S. Rajavel. 34. Bio-efficacy of Neemarin against eriophyid mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer on coconut/E.V. Bhaskaran, K. Ramaraju, P. Pretheep Kumar, J. Kavitha and S. Jeyarani. 35. Effect of botanical oil formulations against Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)/S. Mariapackiam, S. Ignacimuthu and V. Anbalagan. 36. Effect of plant extracts on larval development of Helicoverpa armigera/S. Ezil Vendan, K. Baskar, S. Lingathurai, M. Ramar, M. Gabriel Paulraj and S. Ignacimuthu. 37. Efficacy of Mesua ferrea Linn. Flower extract on Culex quinquefasciatus larvae/Atanu Bhattacharyya, Sutapa Gupta, Ashes Das, Samir Banerjee, Bikas Ranjan Barik, Shankar Dihidar, Subir Kumar Bhattacharyya and Suvra Mandal. 38. Feeding deterrency of some plant extracts against Asian armyworm Spodoptera litura Fab. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)/K. Baskar, S. Kingsley, S. Ezil Vendan and S. Ignacimuthu. 39. Insecticidal activity of the leaf extract of Dodonaea viscosa Linn. (Sapindaceae) on teak defoliator, Hyblaea puera Cramer (Lepidoptera: Hyblaeidae)/B. Deepa and O.K. Remadevi. 40. Larvicidal and Histopathological effects of the oil formation on Spodoptera litura/S. Mariapackiam and S. Ignacimuthu. 41. Larvicidal and pupicidal properties of Croton sparciflorus Linn. (Euphorbiaceae) leaf extract against Culex quinquefasciatus Say./M. Ramar, V. Duraipandiyan, M. Gabriel Paulraj, S. Ezhil Vendan and S. Ignacimuthu. 42. Larvicidal and repellent activity of Clerodendron Phlomides against Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)/R. Maheswaran, S. Kingsley and S. Ignacimuthu. 43. Management of rice weevil Sitophilus Oryzae L. in Pop sorghum through botanicals/Kavita Jadhav and Shekharappa. 44. Utilization of botanicals in the management of coconut perianth mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer/B.S. Nandihalli. VIII. Molecular and behavioural ecology/pest population monitoring: 45. Temporal and spatial dimension in the behavioural ecology of insect pests and its implications in pest monitoring and management/Neelkamal Rastogi. 46. Monitoring of coconut red palm weevil and evaluation of pheromone traps with food baits/C. Muthiah. 47. Monitoring of Sorghum stem borer through pheromone traps/Shekharappa and K.A. Kulkarni. 48. Bio-ecology of Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette) on Chrysanthemum/Richa Raizada, Kusum Singh and R. Singh. Index.

“Many pest control measures have been employed in recent years. This book throws light on many alternative technologies that have been employed in the control of insect pests. Scientists from different institutions from all over the country have contributed to this volume.

Key Topics:

Botanical formulations and substances.
Natural enemies.
Entomopathogens.
Microbial pesticides.
Transgenic plants.
Inducing resistance in host plants.”