Pests viz., insects, mites, rodents, etc. complete humans beings in almost every sphere, and are harmful to them and also to domestic animals in a number of ways. These pests make their home in both urban and rural houses and damage house hold commodities, food grains, wooden structures, books, clothes, etc. They also transmit deadly diseases in both human and animals by feeding and their activities on them.
This book provides the information on the pests of urban and rural houses responsible to cause damage and diseases along with control strategy in simple and lucid language.
This book is very useful besides common human beings to those students offering courses on household pests and stored grain pests of medical and veterinary importance in agricultural sciences and rural management institutes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR H C L Gupta
Dr. H.C. L. Gupta (b. 1948) was professor & Head, Department of Entomology (1996-2002) and Zonal Director Research University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur. Presently he is working as Director, Planning and Monitoring MPUAT, Udaipur. He possesses 35 years research, teaching and extension experience in the field of Insect Toxicology, Residues, Applied Entomology and Insect Pest Management. He was Principal Investigator of several projects financed by ICAR, PL-480 and Private Agencies. He is author of 3 books, more than 150 research papers in National and international Journals and several popular articles in different magazines. He is a fellow of Entomological society of India and President of Udaipur branch and also fellow and President of the Entomological Research Association, Udaipur.
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