This research was conducted to elucidate the effect of various planting seasons and macro nutritional NPK levels on growth, yield and vase life of carnation. The experiment was envisaged in Floriculture Research area, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. The results indicated that the overall best performance of carnation production such as plant height, number of branches per plant, length of branches, number of leaves per plant, leaf area, NPK contents, flower diameter, flower quality and vase life was due to T2 (5:10:10 g pot-1 NPK). Whereas, planting season S1 (16th Nov.) showed better results for indices like plant height, number of branches per plant, length of branches, number of leaves per plant, NPK contents, flower diameter, fresh weight of flower, fresh and dry weight ratio and flower quality as compared to planting season S2 (15th February).

Indiscriminate use of insecticides did not only cause resistance to several insects pests of different crops but it also affected several predators. However Chrysoperla carnea has shown some tolerance to several groups of insecticides in the field but very little informations are available on insecticides resistance in C. carnea. The resistant C. carnea could help to design IPM strategy for several insect pests. Hence several studies were performed in our laboratory to establish if the predator was resistant to insecticides and if the resistance can increase the fitness of C. carnea. Therefore the data generated in our laboratory is being presented in this book. This book will not only give information on monitoring resistance in the field but also presents data on the predatory potential of insecticides resistant and susceptible C. carnea. In one of the chapter of life table parameter will explain whether resistant C. carnea can be used along side insecticides to enhance insect pest management in the field.