Sustainable Pests Management

The rapid change in the agroecosystem leaves a snag in the establishment of harmony of the disturbed ecosystem. In nut shell, man’s frantic bid for more production tended him to be oblivious of the ecological implications of the measures adopted to achieve immediate benefit, thus the urge for evolution of pest management in a sustainable manner. There are 32 critical through provoking chapters by experts in relevant fields. In Entomology, chapters are Bioefficacy of certain botanicals against green pea aphid, Acarine fauna associated with honeybee and their management,Metarhizium anisoplia: a potential biopesticide, Biological control as a means of pest management strategy, Conventional and non-conventional botanicals, Ecofriendly pest management in fruit pests, Pheromone for pest management, Population dynamic of Gallinaceous insect, Management of insect pest of stored products, Natural presticides from Lac host plants, Pest complex of jute, Botanicals for pest management, Role of proteinase inhibitors in insect control and Integrated pest and disease management of viral diseases in rice, Other virus on agricultural crops, Yellow vein mosaic virus on Okra, Management of maize stalk rot, Current status of seed mycoflora of small millets, Postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables, Ecofriendly management of nematodes, Indigenous knowledge for crop pests, GIS and GPS systems for pest management, Survival startegies of parthenium and its management, Seasonality of Nomuraea rileyi, Green manure for sustainable production, Ecofriendly management of late blight disease. These chapters point towards the sustainability of pests management.