This edited book highlights the latest information on the use of nanotechnology, satellite technology, and biotechnological tools in pest management. It covers the role of climate change and ecology in managing pests and also their molecular identification. Other methods that the book encompasses are organic pest management, host-plant resistance, semiochemicals, and bio-control technology. The book also covers insect pollinators which play important role for fruits in horticultural crop production. Intensive and extensive cultivation of horticultural crops lead to serious pest problem. Climatic conditions in India and elsewhere due to which new pests have emerged that causes severe damage to the horticultural crops. In response to this, researchers have developed new techniques to fight pests and their growing resistance to pesticides. This book covers the latest information on identity, biology, damage, seasonal development, and pest management of the horticultural crop pests. It serves to be an essential tool for horticultural professionals, including development officers, horticulturists, field-level extension workers, nurserymen, planters, and entomologists, and is a valuable source of reference for relevant researchers, teachers, and students in the region.
Chapter 1. Molecular identification of insect pests of horticultural
crops.
Chapter 2. Principles and application of nanotechnology in pest
management.- Chapter 3. Climate change on insects and their management
strategies in Horticultural and Agricultural ecosystems.
Chapter
4. Ecological engineering in pest management in
horticultural and agricultural crops.- Chapter 5. Principles and application
of remote sensing in crop pest management.
Chapter 6. Biotechnological
applications in Horticultural entomology.
Chapter 7. Organic Pest
Management in Horticultural Crops.
Chapter 8. Trends in the biological
control of horticultural crop pests in India.
Chapter 9. Semiochemicals and
their potential use in Horticultural crop pest management.
Chapter 10. Role
of botanicals in pest management in horticultural crops.
Dr. M. Mani is an agricultural scientist with over 40 years of research experience in entomological research. He has served in the Tamil Nadu State Department of Agriculture, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, and Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He has worked as principal scientist and head of the Division of Horticultural Entomology at ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) and as emeritus scientist at IACR-IIHR and ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resource (ICAR-NBAIR). His focal subject is eco-friendly pest management in horticultural crops. He has received several awards, including a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to research in horticultural entomology. He is associated with five scientific bodies. He has got more than 350 publications to his credit. Dr. Mani has authored three books, namely 1. A Wonderful Predator (Cryptolaemus) by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing Company (Germany), 2.The Grape Entomologyby Springer, and 3. Mealybugs and Their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural Crops by Springer, India.
