Insects Predators and Pest Management - Hardcover

Insect Predators and Pest Management

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Dust Jacket Included. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Rearing of predators. 3. Survey and survelliance. 4. Habitat identification. 5. Taxonomy: (i) Coccinelids. (ii) Tiger beetles. (iii) Praying mantids. 6. Biology of predators. 7. Pest-predator index. References. Index."Insect pest predators is major component of Integrated Pest Management programme in modern agriculture. Pesticides create many serious problems such as air, water and food pollution; health hazards, ill effects and killing of beneficial organisms, pest resistance, pest resurgence, secondary pest outbreak, interruption in ecocycles, etc. Therefore, in the present text, very relevant information is given on the insect predators such as praying mantids, tiger beetles and lady bird beetles on taxonomy, biology, seasonal abundance, habitats, rearing techniques and pest predator index. This book will be helpful for understanding various aspects of insect predators of pests and future directions in research and as guide to students, teachers, farmers and scientists in the field of pest management." (jacket) 216 pp. Artikel-Nr. 49502

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