Entomology is the study of insects. This book is about the need to find solutions to the problems that insects cause to plants and crops. In recent years, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology have become essential to the understanding of these problems. Using the molecular biology approach, one can now transfer and evaluate genetic characteristics from many insects. This book emphasizes the need for and relevance of studying the molecular aspects of entomology in traditional universities, agricultural universities and other centres of molecular research.
The contributors are drawn from across renowned agricultural institutions in India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR T N Ananthakrishnan
Prof. T.N.Ananthakrishna was Director of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata and Director of the Entomological research Institute, Chennai and earlier as Professor of Zoology His wide research experience spans over 55 years and his contributors to sevarl areas of Entomology and General Ecology are well known. He has more than 400 publications including over 25 books. He has been a recipient of several national awards such as: the Kidwai Award of ICAR, the Pitamber Pant Award of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the K.C. Mehta Award of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the Sundarlal Hora Medal of the Indian National Science Academy and the J.C. Bose Award of the Indian Science Congress. He is a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and fellow of the national Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
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