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Biological Control of Insect Pests Using Egg Parasitoids (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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Biological Control of Insect Pests Using Egg Parasitoids (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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The theme of the book is highly relevant to the current emphasis on
environment conservation, with focus on native biodiversity
conservation in agro-ecosystems. The current impetus being given to
organic farming and export oriented agri-hortculture in the country
calls for access to relevant scientific knowledge base among the
stakeholders. Research on biological pest control is more than a
century old in India. Egg parasitoids, which are mainly tiny wasps,
led by the family Trichogrammatidae, are the most widely utilized
natural enemies for biological control globally. Over thirty
countries are using these bioagents to protect over 10 million
hectares of agricultural and forestry crops from many important
insect pests. The book comprises 18 chapters, which are arranged in
continuum, commencing with basic aspects of knowledge and ending in
their utilization targets. The chapters cover broadly four areas:
bio-diversity and natural occurrence of egg parasitoids, behaviour
and adaptation of egg parasitoids, mass production and safe use of
egg parasitoids and utilisation of egg parasitoids in different
crop ecosystems. Some of the chapters cater to the needs of
discipline-wise update on the current R&D scenario-like insect
taxonomy, biotechnology, mass-production and quality control of the
target organisms - egg-parasitoids, which are useful for laboratory
scientists/researchers. There are also chapters devoted to
knowledge status and scope for utilization of egg parasitoids in
different target crops, which cater to requirements of field
entomologists and extensionists for use in their tasks of guiding
farmers/local guides. The book is different in approach, method,
structure and content and ensures holistic coverage of the topic.
The chapters are written by active and experienced workers in
different crops and aspects and co-edited by four very experienced
experts who have over three decades R&D experience in the
subject. All the authors have uniformly focussed on comprehensive
literature study and critical identification of knowledge gaps for
future R&D, thus the book is novel in outlook, up-to-date in
content and comprehensive in coverage of themes. This book will be
useful for supplementary reading for MSc Agriculture and PhD
Agriculture students, besides MSc/PhD research students in
Zoology/Environmental Biology, who are specialising in Entomology.
It would also serve as a very useful reference book for researchers
worldwide, though focus is also there on Indian work. It addresses
the special information needs of students and faculty, besides
practitioners and extensionists in the Australasia and Africa
regions and thus not limited to the R&D knowledge generated in
developed countries.
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