About the book

This book is also useful to the Plant Protection Departments and similar Institutions. This book will also be useful to those who are preparing for competitive examinations conducted by various central and state Government agencies for recruitment. Pest control is the study of the development and spread of plant diseases and arthropod pests and the factors affecting these processes. The level of disease or pest infestation is the result of many interacting factors and this level determines the yield loss that the grower suffers from the pathogen or pest. The book provides a brief account on the structure, function, development and metamorphosis, and a comprehensive account on almost all the methods of pest control.

Contents:

Mode of Insect Control and Pest Control Management,

Managing Diseases and Pests in Home Vegetable Gardens,

Decision Tools for Integrated Pest Management,

Biological Control of Natural Enemies,

Biological Control with Micro-organisms in Plants,

Control Pests of Pesticides in Agriculture,

Methods to Control Pest Insects and Mites,

Guidelines of Pest Management,

Major Virus Diseases in Greenhouse Crops