Offers hundreds of photographs to help identify common garden pests and diseases, and gives detailed advice on treatment, control, and prevention.

Authored by an integrated committee of plant and animal scientists, this review of newer molecular genetic techniques and traditional research methods is presented as a compilation of high-reward opportunities for agricultural research. Directed to the Agricultural Research Service and the agricultural research community at large, the volume discusses biosciences research in genetic engineering, animal science, plant science, and plant diseases and insect pests. An optimal climate for productive research is discussed.

Of late, frequent application and large scale use of pesticides for control of pests led to the endangerment of agro-ecosystem. Indiscriminate use of insecticides resulted in the destruction of parasitoids and predators of the pests and ultimately led to the resistance of pests to insecticides and insect resurgence. In the light of these problems, considerable research has been devoted to the elucidation of the toxic residues in/on consumable produce. Considering the seriousness insecticidal problems, there is an urgent need for developing effective economically viable and environmentally safe pest management system. Exploitation of bioagents, biogesticides, biointensive integrated pest management and need base use of pesticides have greater role and scope in overall insect pest and disease management. The publication this book is timely and appropriate for the plant protectionists. There are 41 thought provoking chapters on entomology, plant pathology, nematology and weed science written by the scientists who are experts in their subject. The book is an asset for the policy makers, administrators, teachers, research workers and students who may be referring the literature time to time. Contents Chapter 1: Adaptable IPM Technology for Vegetable Crops by H R Sardana and R K Tanwar; Chapter 2: Insect Pheromones in IPM: Problems and Prospects by H P Misra; Chapter 3: Role of Sex Pheromones in Management of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) by Krishna Kant; Chapter 4: Integrated Approach for management of Major Insect-pests of Sugarcane by M K Gupta, A K Sarma and K M Singh; Chapter 5: Integrated Ecofriendly Management of Jute Pests by U S Yadav and S S Prasad; Chapter 6: Insect pest of Mungbean and Urbean and their Integrated Management by S K Singh and D K Yadav; Chapter 7: Status and Strategies on Management of Coconut Eriophyied Mite by C Muthiah; Chapter 8: Sustainable Management of Bud Fly, Dasyneura lini Barnes in Linseed by Y P Malik; Chapter 9: Ecofriendly Strategies for Management of Thrips palmi Karny as Pest and Vector by Anuj Bhatnagar; Chapter 10: Spiders: Bio-ecology and Conservation for Insect Pest Management by R K Tanwar, O M Bambawale and H R Sardana; Chapter 11: Impact of Thiamethoxam on Spiders in Sugarcane Ecosystem by C Vijayaraghavan and A Regupathyl; Chapter 12: Life Table and Biotic Potential of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) on Chickpea by S K Singh and D K Yadav; Chapter 13: Insect Pathogens and Pest Management by R K Murali Baskaran, D S Rajavel and K Suresh; Chapter 14: Rice Disease and their Management through Biocontrol Agents by Ashraf Ali Khan and D Prasad; Chapter 15: Eco-friendly Approaches for Sclerotina Disease Management in Vegetable Crops by Ramesh Singh, Udit Narain and Alka; Chapter 16: Integrated Disease Management in Pulses by Jameel Akhtar, V B Nargund and Abdul Khalid; Chapter 17: Eco-friendly Approaches: Combat for Rice Disease by Ali Anwar, G N Bhat, K A Bhat, M Shahjahan Dar and F A Khan; Chapter 18: Active Oxygen in Plant Disease Control: Possible Role and Future Scope by Chinmay Biswas, S K Biswas and S S L Srivastava; Chapter 19: Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Mustard and its Management by Rajendra Prasad and Saroj Kumar; Chapter 20: Spot Blotch of wheat: Management Options with Special Reference to Biological Control by S K Biswas, Chinmay Biswas, Biswajit Bhowmik and S S L Srivastava; Chapter 21; Ecologically Sustainable Management of Sheath Blight Disease of Rice by Rajbir Singh, A P Sinha, Ashraf Ali Khan, G P Gangwar and D Prasad; Chapter 22: Integrated Disease Management on Mize by Shahid Ahamad; Chapter 23: Present Scenario of Management Strategies of Plant Viral Diseases by K K Biswas, Sumita Kumari and Avijit Tarafdar; Chapter 24: Bacterial Endophytes of Plants and their Uses in Agriculture by Biswajit Bhowmik, Tusar Kanti Bag and S K Biswas; Chapter 25: Major Diseases of Medicinal Plants by P K Gupta, N D Sharma and Yogita Gharde; Chapter 26: Ecofriendly Management of Late Blight Disease of Potato in the Plains of West Bengal by Amitava Basu; Chapter 27: Strategies to Combat Challenges for Management of Red Rot in Sugarcane by Vijai Singh, S N Srivastava, B B Joshi and S K Awasthi; Chapter 28: Eco-friendly Management of Insect Pests and Nematodes in Hill Horticultural Crops by R P Soundararajan and V Lakshmanan; Chapter 29: Entomopathogenic Nematodes: A Potential Biocontrol Agent by D Prasad; Chapter 30: Eco-friendly Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Vegetable Crops by V K Singh; Chapter 31: Nematode Egg Parasitic Fungus, Pochonia chlamydosporia by I Cannayane and E I Jonathan; Chapter 32: Anti-nutritional Compounds in Pulses by Amit Kumar Jain, Sudhir Kumar, Om Prakash, and J D S Panwar; Chapter 33: Root-knot Nematode Problems in Nursery and Young Tea by B C Bora and P P Neog; Chapter 34: Ufra: A Nematode Disease in Deep Water Rice and its Management by Debanand Das and Bharot Ch Bora; Chapter 35: Biotechnological Approaches in IPM: Scope and Recent Development by N Emmanuel and Swaran Dhingra; Chapter 36: Management of Rats by S C Khanna; Chapter 37: Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Major Pests and Diseases Control by Amit Kumar Jain, Sudhir Kumar, Om Prakash Singh and J D S Panwar; Chapter 38: Present Situation of Crop Losses Caused by Plant Virus by K K Biswas; Chapter 39: Response of Rhizobium with Sulphur and Micronutrients on Seed Quality of Block Gram (Vigna mungo L Hepper) by Brijesh Kumar Rathi, Amit Kumar Jain, Sudhir Kumar and J D S Panwar; Chapter 40: Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Banana Bunchy Top Disease by Mohd Akram and Rajesh Kumar; Chapter 41: New Paradigms in Weed Management in India by Nisha K Chopra, Neelam Kumar Chopra, S N Sinha and Derhinder Chowdary