Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-803265-7 (ISBN)
As the world’s population continues its rapid increase, this book addresses the production of cereals, vegetables, fruits, and other foods and their subsequent demand increase. Traditional means of food crop production face proven limitations and increasing research is turning to alternative means of crop growth and protection.
Prof. Omkar, FNASc, associated with teaching for more than 36 years and research for 45 years, is a Former Head, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007, Former Coordinator, UGC-SAP (DRS-II), DST-FIST, DST-PURSE, Centre of Excellence, Govt. of UP, programs. He has worked on 10 more projects of state/central funding agencies. He specializes in Environmental Toxicology and Entomology, with particular reference to the Insect Pest Management. He is Chief Editor, Journal of Applied Bioscience, Associate Editor, International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, Springer and President, International Society of Applied Biology. Professor Omkar has Contributed following Books as Author/Editor (14 books by reputed international publishers): 1. Concepts of Toxicology, Vishal Pubco (2017), 2. Pesticides, Man & Biosphere (1998), 3. Prof. S. B. Singh Commemoration Volume (2002), 4. Experimental Animal Physiology & Biochemistry (2003), 5.Modern Approaches to Insect Pest Management(2010) 6. Kin recognition and Oviposition Strategies in aphidophagous ladybirds (2012), 7. Monitoring and Management of Mango fruitfly (2012), 8. Predaceous Ladybirds of Uttar Pradesh (2013), 9. Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security, Elsevier (2016) 10. Industrial Entomology, Springer (2017), 11. Pests and Their Management, Springer (2018), 12. Sucking Pests of Crops, Springer (2020), 13. Polyphagous Pests of Crops, Springer (2021), 14. Molecular Approaches for Sustainable Insect Pest Management, Springer (2021), 15. Microbial Approaches for Insect Pest Management, Springer (2021), 16. Reproductive Strategies in Insects, CRC Press (2021), 17. Insects As Service Providers, Springer (2023), 18. Parasitoids in Pest Management, CRC Press (2023), 19. Insect Predators in Pest Management CRC Press (2023), 20. Commercial Insects CRC Press (2023), 21. Comprehensive Environmental Biology, Newage, 22. Concepts of Environmental Biology, Newage, 23. Environmental Pollution, Newage, 24. Biodiversity Conservation, Newage (2023), 25. Mosquitoes: Biology, Pathogenicity & Management, Springer Nature (2024); 26. Flies: Agricultural & Public Heath Perspectives CRC press (2025), 27. Vish Vigyan Ki Avadharnayein (2025, in Hindi), Aastha Publications, Delhi.. He is a receipient of several awards, like Saraswati Samman by the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of UP; Prof. T N Ananthakrishanan Foundation Award, Rescholar Award of Excellence in Agricultural Entomlogy by Association of Entomologists, Prof. G. S. Shukla Gold Medal by The Academy of Environmental Biology, Dr. S. Pradhan Memorial Lecture Award by The Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute & The Entomological Society of India, New Delhi, ACCLAIM and Uddeepan awards from University of Lucknow. He is a Fellow of The Entomological Society of India, Zoological Society of India, Society for Biocontrol Advancement and Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences India (FNASc), besides many others. He has 24 books to his credit. He has published 270 Research papers, 16 Reviews, 60 Reviews as Book chapters, 20 Popular Science articles. Prof. Omkar has guided 28 Ph. D. students. He has visited the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia (2006) for three months and Department of Zoology, University of South Bohemia and Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic (May 2016) under INSA Bilateral Exchange programs.
Chapter 1. Insects and Pests
Chapter 2. Biocontrol of Insect Pests
Chapter 3. Aphids and Their Biocontrol
Chapter 4. Parasitoids
Chapter 5. Trichogrammatids
Chapter 6. Anthocorid Predators
Chapter 7. Reduviid Predators
Chapter 8. Syrphid Flies (The Hovering Agents)
Chapter 9. Ladybird Beetles
Chapter 10. Chrysopids
Chapter 11. Mite Predators
Chapter 12. Entomopathogenic Nematodes
Chapter 13. Insect Viruses
Chapter 14. Bacillus thuringiensis
Chapter 15. Entomopathogenic Fungi
Chapter 16. Plant Monoterpenoids (Prospective Pesticides)
Chapter 17. Antifeedant Phytochemicals in Insect Management (so Close yet so Far)
Chapter 18. Neem Products
Chapter 19. Semiochemicals
Chapter 20. Insect Hormones (as Pesticides)
Chapter 21. Integrated Pest Management
Chapter 22. Biotechnological Approaches
Chapter 23. GMO and Food Security
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.02.2016 |
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| Verlagsort | San Diego |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 1560 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
| Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-12-803265-0 / 0128032650 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-12-803265-7 / 9780128032657 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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