General principles of insecticide testing. Handling insects in insecticide tests. Standardisation of insects for testing. Stomach poison insecticides in solid form. Stomach poison insecticides in liquid form. Contact poisons in solid form. Laboratory tests of sprays and aerosols. Immersion methods. Injection or application of contact insecticides to individual insects. Fumigants. Insect repellents and attractants. Toxicological statistics.

General principles of insecticide testing; handling insects in insecticide tests; standar disation of insects for testig; stomach poison insecticide in liquid form; stomach poison insecticides in solid form; laboratory teste of sprays and aerosls; immersion methods; injection or application o contact; insecticides to individual insects; fumigantes; insect repellents and attractant; toxicological statisties.

This handbook is a companion to Agricultural Insect Pests of the Tropics and their Control (2nd Edition 1983) and, like the earlier book, it is designed as a source of reference about most of the major insect and mite pests of agricultural crops. These two volumes by the same author now present a world-wide coverage of the economically important insect pests of tropical and temperate agriculture. Students taking courses in entomology, agriculture, crop pest biology and crop protection, and professional workers concerned with identification and control of insect pests, will find this comprehensive account an indispensable handbook and source of reference.