Overview
- Intra and interdisciplinary reference book
- Ecological perspectives on biophysical, biological and social aspects of natural resources
- Climate change impacts on human health and agriculture
Part of the book series: Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection (SUPP)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is an outcome of the keynote/lead papers presented by the experts from different disciplines in the Indian Ecological Society International Conference 2016 on “Natural Resource Management: Ecological Perspectives”, organized at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, India. The book captures the essence of natural resource management from the intra and interdisciplinary perspectives of agricultural sciences (entomology, plant pathology, plant breeding and genetics, agronomy and soil sciences), social sciences (resource economics, agricultural extension education), medical sciences, and environmental sciences to stimulate discussion on the ecological perspectives of natural resource management. Wide-ranging topics on land and water resources, biodiversity, integrated farming system, role of microbes in agriculture, climate change and its impact on human health and crop pests, exploiting chemical ecology for pest management, human disease-causing pesticides, beneficial insects like lac insects, integrated pest management, resistance management in insect pests and Bt cotton , and diffusion and adoption of ecologically sustainable technologies at individual and organizational level are covered in the book.. The book will serve the professionals, researchers, academia, government, industry and students.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Ashok K. Dhawan is former additional director and head Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, India. At present he is the President of the Indian Ecological Society. He worked for more than 37 years on integrated pest management (IPM) in cotton. He was instrumental in devising and implementing insecticides resistant management strategy, mealy bug management in cotton, and transfer of technology for management of cotton pests in more than 800 villages. He developed IPM models for rice, maize and vegetables pests and implemented these at village level. He has authored 16 books, 430 research papers and 80 extension publications. He is a member of executive council of various scientific bodies, member of advisory of various government and private sector organizations. He was awarded the Best Team Award by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Department for International Development (DIFD-UK) for transfer of technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Natural Resource Management: Ecological Perspectives
Editors: Rajinder Peshin, Ashok K. Dhawan
Series Title: Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99768-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99767-4Published: 29 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99768-1Published: 21 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2567-9805
Series E-ISSN: 2567-9821
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 276
Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Plant Pathology, Plant Ecology, Entomology, Environment, general, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts