Overview
- Is a focused and detailed compendium on global status of polyphagous pests
- Chapters supplemented with useful illustrations and pictures from the field
- Enables learning of effective pest management practices across all crops
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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About this book
Polyphagous pests are primarily agricultural pests that feed on economically important agricultural and horticultural crops of wide taxonomic diversity across the globe. They cause immense damage across different crop varieties owing to their generalist and voracious food habits. The advent of mono-crop culture in a huge area and the massive use of pesticides post green revolution have massively increased pest outbreaks all over the world. The Middle Eastern countries, African continent and even the Indian subcontinent is increasingly facing resurgences of polyphagus pests. This book compiles an inclusive account of polyphagous pests. It covers locusts, termites, aphids, whiteflies, mealybugs, scale insects, gram pod borer, fall armyworm, thrips, mites and rodents. The book discusses mode of spread, enormity of losses caused, mechanism of action, and also means to reduce the crop losses. It brings together a unique perspective for researchers to learn effective pest management practices across all crops. This book is a reference guide to researchers and also useful for academicians and students of entomology.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Prof. Omkar has been associated with the Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow as a faculty for the past 32 years and a former Head of Department. His specialization is Entomology in which he specifically concentrates on agricultural pests, dealing with the aphids and their natural enemy complex, specifically ladybird beetles. He is author and editor of several books, including Industrial Entomology, Pests and Their Management, and Sucking Pests of Crops, published by Springer Nature. He is an elected Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc) besides many more.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Polyphagous Pests of Crops
Editors: Omkar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8075-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8074-1Published: 05 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-8077-2Published: 06 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-8075-8Published: 04 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 532
Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations, 86 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Pathology, Agriculture, Plant Sciences