Recent Trends in Biological Pest Control

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Pesticides lead serious problems like pollutions, health hazards, pest resistance, secondary pest outbreak etc. Therefore, biological control is widely accepted at global scenario as an effective alternative for pesticidal use and as eco-friendly pest control method. Therefore, newer and recent trends of biological insect pest control are given in this book. The book contains 16 chapters under which biocontrol agents like braconids, lchneumonids, tachinids, chalcids, ladybird beetles, carabids, lace wings, grasshoppers, hemipterans, weevils and vertebrates such as picies, amphibians and birds are discussed with respect to their diversity and their role in pest management. Emphasis is given on biological control of mosquitoes, mulberry and sugarcane pests and some commonly occurring insect pests. Thus the book is extremely useful for farmers, students teachers scientists and industrialists.

Contents: Preface. 1. Biological control of insect pests/T.V. Sathe. 2. Biological control of mosquitoes/T.V. Sathe. 3. Biological control of sugarcane pests/T.V. Sathe. 4. Biological control of insect in mulberry ecosystem/T.V. Sathe. 5. Carabids coleopteran: carabidae for biological control of insect pests/T.V. Sathe. 6. Role of chalcids in control of insect pests/T.V. Sathe and A.M. Bhosale. 7. Role of hemipterous predators in insect pest management/T.V. Sathe. 8. Grasshoppes in pest management: biocontrol potential of grasshopper hieroglypus banian from paddy ecosystems of Kolhapur region/T.V.Sathe, A.R. Bhusnar and Nilam Shendage. 9. Lacewings for biological pest control: a biodiversity of lacewings order: neuropteran from Kolhapur agroecosystems/T.V. Sathe and S.R. Sawant. 10. Lacewings for biological pest control: B predatory capacity of chrysoperla carnea stephens neuropteran: Chrysopidae on rhopalposiphum maidis fitch. Under laboratory conditions/T.V. Sathe and S.R. Sawant.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR T V Sathe

Dr. Sathe Tukaram Vithalrao [M.Sc., Ph.D., Sangit Visharad, IBT (Seri.), F.S.E.Sc., F.I.S.E.C.], Professor in Entomology, Department of Zoology, Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur has teaching experience of 22 years in entomology. He is contributory teacher for M.Sc. courses in Department of Agrochemicals, Pest Management and Sericulture. He has published 165 research papers and 22 books viz., Preet Patangachi (drama, 1981), Crop Protection from Insects (Marathi), Sericultural Cropo Protection (1998), Biological Pest Control (2000), Cotton Pests and Biocontrol Agents (2001), Insects Pest Predators (2001), Sericulture and Pest Management (2001), Agrochemicals and Pest Management (2003), Insect Predators and Pest Management (2003), Vermiculture and Organic Farming (2004), Basic Entomology (2005), Fundamentals of Beekeeping (2006), Forest Entomology: A Textbook (2008), etc. He guided 15 Ph.D. students, completed 4 major research projects (from CSIR, UST, UGC). He visited Canada (1988), Japan (1988), Thailand (2002, 2004), Spain (2005), France (2005), South Korea (2006), Nepal (2007) for academic work. He is member of editorial board of several journals in India and involved in T.V. programming of butterflies and moths. He has published several popular articles in daily newspapers and delivered talks through All India Radio. He got several prestigious awards "Environmentalists of the Year-2003", "Bharat Jyoti Award-2006", "Jewel of India Award-2006", "Lifetime Education Achievement Award-2006", "Lifetime Achievement Award-2007", "International Gold Star Award-2007", "Eminent Citizen of India Award-2007" etc. He also got fellowships from several scientific societies.