Contents: Preface. I. Entomology: 1. Microbial pesticides/V.M. Pawar, P.S. Borikar and U.T. Thombre. 2. Parasitisation by Hexamermis sp. (Nematoda-Mermithidae) to Leptocoris augur Fabr. (Heteroptera-Coroidea-Rhopalidae)/S.C. Dhiman and Kumkum. 3. Perspectives in biocontrol as effective tool in pest management/Suvasish Das, N.C. Gupta, M. Sehgal and B.B. Bhosle. 4. Helicoverpa armigera nuclear polyhedrosis virus and its effectiveness/Saqia F. Chandel, R. Ahmad and P.K. Singh. 5. Ovicides for management of Lepidopterous pests/Vanit Kathuria, R.K. Saini and Pala Ram. 6. Recent researches on Ocimum species for insect pest management/Vanit Kathuria and Nutan Kaushik. 7. Termite management: past, present and future/Berin Pathrose and Swaran Dhingra. 8. Status and distribution of insect pests on crops and their management by Organic methods in north eastern hill region of India/K. Rajasekhara Rao, A.N. Shylesha and N.S. Azad Thakur. 9. Use of safer insecticides for natural enemy protection/P.B. Singh. II. Plant pathology: 10. Karnal Bunt disease of wheat: a threat to grain trade/Anuja Gupta and V.K. Maheshwari. 11. Status and management of Foliar Blight of wheat in India/A.K. Singh, R.P. Singh and Mamta Singh. 12. Important diseases of crops in NEH Region and their management/M. Santha Lakshmi Prasad, M. Srinivas Prasad, Y.P. Sharma and Sangit Kumar. 13. Eco-friendly management of wilt in Chickpea/S.N. Gurha, Vishwa Dhar, Udit Narain and Shubha Trivedi. 14. Predictive management of powdery Mildew diseases/P. Sinha, D.K. Agarwal and D. Prasad. 15. Viral diseases of fruits, vegetables and spices in north eastern Himalayan region of India and their management/Kajal Kumar Biswas, D.R. Das and Y.S. Ahlawat. 16. Recent advances in Tomato leaf curl virus/Krishna Kumar, V.K. Razdan, Efath Shahnaz, Shahid Ahamad and A.K. Tiwari. 17. Rice blast: a limiting factor in rice production in J&K/Shahid Ahamad, C.S. Kalha, K. Kumar, Mohd Ishaq and A.K. Tiwari. 18. Insect pests and diseases of cold arid region, Ladakh/Ajay K. Pandey and Sanjai K. Dwivedi. 19. Pest and diseases management in Bulbous flowering crops/A.K. Singh and Shiva Jauhari. 20. Status and management of pests and diseases in nut fruits/S.S. Singh, D. Prasad and H. Lal. 21. Application of molecular markers in identification of disease resistance genes in plants/A.K. Mukherjee, S.K. Lenka and L.K. Acharya. 22. Integrated disease management in linseed: present status and future thrust/Jyoti Singh. 23. Induced resistance: practical approach for disease management/S.K. Biswas and Udit Narain. 24. Advances in rice blast epidemiology and management/M. Surulirajan and P. Srinivas. 25. Chitinases in defense against phytopathogenic fungi/V. Shanmugam. 26. Characterization of pathotype diversity in nine isolates of Ascochyta Rabiei based on DNA polymorphism/Atul Kumar, Neena Mitter and Rashmi Agarwal. III. Nematology: 27. Interaction phenomena between air and soil pollutants on plant parasites/Shefta T. Chandel, Saqia F. Chandel, Babu Mansuri and D. Prasad. 28. Ecofriendly management of nematode problem of vegetables and pulses/Kumkum Dutta and M.G. Haidar. 29. Recent taxonomic status of semi-endoparasitic nematodes and their management/Sudershan Ganguly and M. Lal. 30. Induced plant resistance/Varghese P. Thomas, Berin Pathrose and D. Prasad. 31. Precision farming technologies in nematode management/A.K. Ganguly, R.N. Sahoo and Umarao. 32. Acarines as biocontrol agents of plant parasitic nematodes/Rachna Gulati, Kumkum Walia and Ranjana Rani. 33. Biocontrol agents for management of phytonematodes/D. Prasad and Veena. 34. Paecilomyces lilacinus: fungal bioagent for controlling phytonematodes/Archana Mittal and D. Prasad. 35. Regulatory and phytosanitary measures for nematode management/Rajan and Arjun Lal. IV. Agrochemicals and weed science: 36. Decontamination of pesticide residues/Sumitra Arora and Madhuban Gopal. 37. Microbial metabolites: future ecofriendly agrochemicals/Rajib Karmakar and Gita Kulshrestha. 38. Current researches on development of new organophosphorus pesticides/Deb Prasad Ray, D. Prasad, Gita Kulshrestha and R.L. Gupta. 39. Weed management for sustainable agricultural production/Sahadeva Singh. 40. Plant protection management through seeds/Razia Khatoon Zaidi.

"The rapid change in the agro-ecosystem leaves a snag in the establishment of harmony in the discord of the disturb ecosystem due to wide usage of chemical pesticides, fertilizers and synthetic plant growth regulators. The long-term effect were overlooked hence, boom of one time become bane for the ecosystem degradation. At the present context, it has become indispensable to look for sustainable crop protection management approaches for insect pests, diseases, nematodes and weeds and the present book is an effort to this direction.

The book contains recent information on microbial pesticides, Hexamermis sp. on Leptocoris, biocontrol for pest management HaNPV, Ovicides for management, recent advances in Ocimum for IPM, termite management, insect pests of NEH region, Karnal Bunt threat to grain trade, foliar blight of wheat, diseases of NEH region, eco-friendly management of wilt in chick pea, predictive management of powdery mildew, viral diseases of fruits, vegetables and spices, tomato leaf curl virus, air and soil pollutants on plant parasites, nematode management of vegetables and pulses, rice blast, insect and diseases of Ladakh, disease management of flowering crops, pests and diseases of nut fruits, application of molecular markers for resistance genes, diseases of linseed, induced resistance, rice blast management, chitinase against fungi, taxonomic status of semi-endo parasitic nematodes, induced plant resistance, precision farming in nematode management, acarines as biocontrol agents, biocontrol agents for phytonematodes, regulatory measures for nematode management decontamination of pesticide residues, microbial metabolities, management through seed and weed management for sustainable agriculture production.

The book "Crop Protection: Management Strategies," not only provides references but also serves as guide and inspiration for future research into the realm of biological chemical, physical and quarantine aspects and onslaughts of modern agriculture on it.

The scientists, teachers, students, scholars, administrators and policy markers dealing with pest and disease management in particular and plant protection in general will find this book very useful and informative."