Balwinder Singh
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The book, consists of 31 chapters, will be useful to scientists working in the field of entomology. Chapters 1-10 present comprehensive review of concept and implementation and future need of pest management, impact of climate on pest population, insect invasion, pollinators, pesticide use, bar coding as tool to understand diversity and pesticide formulation and safety to environment. The next 5 chapters present comprehensive information on host plant resistance, ...
The dominance of insects in the world fauna has made them the humanity's greatest rival for the world's food resources, both directly by eating the plants cultivated for food and indirectly as vectors of pathogens attacking these plants. Agricultural scientists and especially entomologists have strived hard to develop a diversity of cultural, mechanical, biological and chemical weapons during the last more than two centuries to gain dominance over insects. ...
Pesticides would continue to play a prominent role in insect pest management in the third millennium. Therefore, their use has to be optimized keeping in view the safety to consumers and effect on the environment. This would be particularly so in developing countries where farmers are shifting from subsistence farming to modern agriculture. The present book gives an overview of the impact of pesticides on different components of the environment, with particular ...
Earlier, tall claims were made about the success of green revolution in India. But, at present, the peasantry is in crisis because of less remunerative nature of farming. As a result, the issue of indebtedness of the peasantry has raised many questions and it was focus of the recent debate after some reported suicide cases. This book evaluates the nature and extent of rural credit along with the growth of agricultural production and the process of farm ...
The capital markets play a key role in financial development and liberalization process in developing economies. A well organized capital market is expected to perform disciplinary, allocative and investor protection functions effectively and efficiently. This will lead to effective channelisation of foreign as well as domestic capital flow for corporate growth. As developing economies are prone to threat from external events, it is crucial that they develop a ...
Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, before leaving for the heavenly abode, had given some instructions to his followers present at Nanded in 1708. Baba Ram Singh Koer Ji, the great-grandson of Baba Buddha Ji wrote down these injunctions, which have fortunately come to us through an old manuscript. The author elaborates these 52 commandments in the light of Gurbani. Hence the book provides a comprehensive critique on the Sikh way of life prescribed by the ...