Agricultual insect pests and their control V.B. Awasthi
By: Awasthi, V.B
Contributor(s): Awasthi, V.BMaterial type: 
TextLanguage: English Publisher: Jodhpur Scientific Publishers (India) 2007Description: viii, 267 p ill. 23 cmISBN: 9788172337124; 8172337124Subject(s): Insect pests | Metamorphosis | Polyphagous pests | Pests of cotton and fibre crops | Pests of soybean | Pests of vegetableDDC classification: 632.7
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The book provides a brief account on the structure, function development and metamorphosis and a comprehensive account on almost all the methids of pest control (viz.; cultural control, physical and mechanical control, biological control including genetic sterile male methods, insect hormones as pesticides; plant quarantine and legal control, chemical control and integrated pest management). The various applicances used in the pest management have also been given. The nature of damage caused by the major insect pests of crops, their life histories and control that have been described are : Polyphagous pests, pests of cotton and fibre crops, pests of sugarcane, pests of oilseed crops, pests of pulse crops, pests of sorghum, pests of cereal crops, pests of fruits and fruit trees, pests of vegetables, pests of plantation crops, pests of soybean, insect and some other pest of floricultural crops and pests of stored grains.
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