Insect pest predators in major component of Integrated Pest Management programme in modern agriculture. Pesticides create many serious problems such as air, water and food pollution; health hazards, ill effects and killing of beneficial organisms, pest resistance, pest resurgence, secondary pest outbreak, interruption in ecocycles, etc. Therefore, in the present text, very relevant information is given on the insect predators such as praying mantids, tiger beetles and lady bird beetles on taxonomy, biology, seasonal abundance, habitats, rearing techniques and pest predator index. This book will be helpful for understanding various aspects of insect predators of pests and future directions in research and as guide to students, teachers, farmers and scientists in the field of pest management.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR T.V. Satha
Dr. Sathe Tukaram Vithalsao (M.Sc., Ph.D., Sangit Visharad, IBT (Seri.), F.S.E.Sc. is readers in Entomology, Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur since 1996. He is contributory teacher to M.Sc. courses in Sericulture and Agrochemicals and Pest Management, Shivaji University, Kolhapur since last 7 and 11 years respectively. He has published 130 research papers in the journals of national and international repute, and several articles in daily newspaper / All India radio. He has published 9 books, Preet Patangachi (Drama) (1981), Crop Protection form Insects (1991), Sericultural Crop Protection (1998), Biological Pest control (2000), Insect Pest Predators (2001), Cotton Pests and Biocontrol Agents (2001), Mosquitoes and Diseases (2002), Indian Pest Parasitoids (2003) and Agrochemicals and Pest Management (2003). He has completed 3 major research projects, produced 11 Ph.D. and 2 M.Phil. students. He visited Canada British Columbia University Vancouver in 1988, Thailand QSNCC Bangkok, 2002 and Japan in 1988 for academic activities. He is member of editorial board of several journals in India. He also contributed for several multi-author books and involved in television programming of butterflies.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vaishali J. Patil
Miss Vaishali Jayashingrao Patil (M.Sc., Ph.D.) working as contributory teacher to M.Sc. in Department of Agrochemicals & Pest Management, Shivaji University, Kolhapur since 2000. She has published 13 research papers in various scientific journals and actively participated in several national and international conference / seminars, etc. She visited Indonesia in April, 2002 for plenary lecture on “Wild Silk Moth Diversity in Maharashtra, India†in 4th International Conference on Wild Silk Moths.
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