02648nam a2200229Ia 4500 329 329 0000957 OSt 20190223134621.0 170602s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9788172337124 2016 Allied Informatics, Jaipur English BSDU BSDU 632.7 AWA Awasthi, V B Agricultural Insect Pests and their Control Scientific Publishers (India) Jodhpur 2011,c2007 267 This book has been mainly written keeping in view the requirements of the students of Agricultural Entomology of various Universities. The book provides a brief account on the structure, function, development and metamorphosis, and a comprehensive account on almost all the methods of pest control. The nature of damage caused by the important insect pests of crops, their life histories and control have been described. It is hoped that the students of Agricultural Entomology, will find the book extremely useful. The book is also useful to the Plant Protection Departments and similar Institutions. The book will also be useful to those who are preparing for competitive examinations conducted by various central and state Government agencies for recruitment. Every attempt has been made to provide necessary information from the point of view of students of Agricultural Entomology, which is not available in other books. 1. Introduction 2. Insects : structure and function 3. The development and metamorphosis 4. Cultural control 5. Physical and mechanical control 6. Biological control 7. Insect hormones as pesticides 8. Plant quarantine and legal control 9. Chemical control 10. Insecticide application equipment 11. Integrated pest management 12. Biological tactis for management of insect pests 13. Molecular techniques and habitat manipulation for parasitoid conservation in cropping systems 14. Polyphagous pests 15. Pests of cotton and fibre crops 16. Pests of sugarcane 17. Pests of oilseed crops 18. Pests of pulse crops 19. Pests of sorghum 20. Pests of cereal crops 21. Pests of fruits and fruit trees 22. Pests of vegetables 23. Pests of plantation crops 24. Pests of soybean 25. Insect and other pests of floricultural crops 26. Pests of stored grains 27. Pests of spices, narcotics and drugs Selected Bibliography Appendix I – The common names and trade names of some insecticides Appendix II - Characteristics of insect orders and their agricultural importance Agriculture ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 1 REF BSDU BSDU 2016-11-29 1250.00 0 632.7 AWA 000957 2020-02-12 00:00:00 1250.00 2017-06-02 BK 0 0 ddc 0 1 REF BSDU BSDU 2016-11-29 1250.00 0 632.7 AWA 000958 2020-02-12 00:00:00 1250.00 2017-06-02 BK 0 0 ddc 0 1 REF BSDU BSDU 2016-11-29 1250.00 0 632.7 AWA 000959 2020-02-12 00:00:00 1250.00 2017-06-02 BK 0 0 ddc 0 1 REF BSDU BSDU 2016-11-29 1250.00 0 632.7 AWA 000960 2020-02-12 00:00:00 1250.00 2017-06-02 BK 0 0 ddc 0 1 REF BSDU BSDU 2016-11-29 1250.00 0 632.7 AWA 000961 2020-02-12 00:00:00 1250.00 2017-06-02 BK