Agriculture & Allied Sciences

Innovations in Horticultural Science

Management of Insect Pests in Vegetable Crops
Concepts and Approaches

Editors: Ramanuj Vishwakarma, PhD
Ranjeet Kumar, PhD

Management of Insect Pests in Vegetable Crops

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: July 2020
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781771888592
E-Book ISBN: 9780429328848
Pages: 344pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback
Series: Innovations in Horticultural Science
Notes: 11 color and 3 b/w illustration

This new book on the sustainable management of insect pests in important vegetables offers valuable management strategies in detail. It focuses on eco-friendly technology and approaches to mitigating the damage causes by insect pests with special reference to newer insecticides. Chapters in Management of Insect Pests in Vegetable Crops: Concepts and Approaches provide an introduction to vegetable entomology and go on to present a plethora of research on sustainable eco-friendly pest management strategies for root vegetables, spice crops, tuber crops, and more. It looks at the damage done by snails, slugs, phytophaous mites of vegetable crops, and more and presents management strategies.

Vegetable crops that are infested by several insect pests right from the nursery to the harvesting stage cause enormous crop losses. Given that it is estimated that up to 40 percent of global crops are lost to agricultural pests each year, new research on effective management strategies is vital. The valuable information provided in this book will be very helpful for faculty and advanced-level students, scientists and researchers, policymakers, and others involved in pest management for vegetable crops.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Eco-Friendly Pest Management Strategies for Root Vegetable Crops
Kalmesh Managanvi, Ramanuj Vishwakarma and Jaba Jagdish

2. Insect Pests of Ginger and Turmeric and Their Management
Budhachandra Thangjam and Navendu Nair

3. Insect Pests of Cumin and Their Management
Geetanjly, Rahul Kumar Chandel, Preeti Sharma, and Vijay Kumar Mishra

4. Insect Pests of Cucurbitaceous Vegetables Crops
Hari Chand Ingle Dipakshyamrao

5. Phytophagous Mites of Vegetable Crops and Their Management
Pushpa Singh, R. N. Singh, and C. P. Srivastva

6. Mite Problems in Spice Crops and Their Management
Mrinalini Kumari and Dinesh Prasad Gond

7. Pesticide Residues in Vegetables
Pritam Ganguli

8. Insect Pests of Tomato and Their Management
Atanu Seni

9. Insects of Tuber Crops and Their Management
P. Chand, Amit Singh, and R. Vishwakarma

10. Problem of Snails and Slugs in Vegetable Crops and Their Management
Ranjeet Kumar

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Ramanuj Vishwakarma, PhD
Assistant Professor/Junior Scientist, Department of Entomology, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India

Ramanuj Vishwakarma, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Junior Scientist in the Department of Entomology at Bihar Agricultural College at Bihar Agricultural University (BAU), Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. He is also performing the duty of Nodal Officer of the Beekeeping and Honey Production Unit of the university. During his tenure, he has specialized in integrated pest management in broccoli, bottle gourd, brinjal (eggplant), chili, cabbage, mustard, and sunflower by using a number of plant products and entomopathogenic fungi. He did research on the pollinating efficiency of insect pollinators, including honeybees, for enhancing crop productivity and for conserving the ecosystem. He also worked on various aspects of insect enemies of honeybees with special reference to the greater wax moth. Dr. Vishwakarma has been the Organizing Secretary for the National Seminar on Quality Honey Production for Livelihood Security (2016) at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, India. He has received many prestigious awards, including an Outstanding Scientist in Agricultural Award, Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award, Junior Scientist of the Year Award, and Best Young Teacher Award. He was elected as a Life Fellow of the Entomological Society of India and the International Society for Research and Development. He has published about 13 research articles in reputed national and international journals. He has written or edited and published many publications, including books, book chapters, a bulletin, manuals, Kisan Diaries, and popular articles. He has handled several research projects funded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, and BAU, Sabour, India. He has successfully guided several MSc (Agriculture) and other students for their degree programs.

Ranjeet Kumar, PhD
Assistant Professor/Junior Scientist, Postgraduate Department of Entomology, Bihar Agriculture University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India.

Ranjeet Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Junior Scientist in the Postgraduate Department of Entomology at Bihar Agriculture University in Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India. He has worked on stored product entomology for the sustainable and herbal management of stored grain and seed insect pests. During his course of investigation, Dr. Kumar developed several herbal fumigants for sustainable management of stored grain and seed insect. He has published several books and a manual. In addition, he has published many research papers in national and international journals and 19 popular articles in magazine and periodicals. Dr. Kumar is a life member and fellow of several scientific committee and societies. He has received an award from the International Conference on Entomology at Punjabi University, Punjab, India.




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