Recent Trends in Biological Pest Control

About the Book: Recent Trends in Biological Pest Control 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 Ichneumonids 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. Content Preface 1. Biological Control of Insect Pests 2.Biological Control of Mosquitoes 3.Biological Control of Sugarcane Pests 4.Biological Control of Insect Pests in Mulberry Ecosystem 5.Carabids (Coleoptera : Carabidae) for Biological Control of Insect Pests 6.Role of Chalcids in control of insect pests 7.Role of Hemipterous Predators in Insect Pest Management 8.Grasshoppers in Pest Management: Biocontrol Potential of Grasshopper Hieroglypus banian from Paddy Ecosystems of Kolhapur Region 9.Lacewings for Biological Pest Control: (A) Biodiversity of Lacewings (Order : Neuroptera) from Kolhapur Agroecosystems 10.Lacewings for Biological Pest Control: (B) Predatory Capacity of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera : Chrysopidae) on Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch. Under Laboratory Conditions 11.Ichneumonids in Pest Management: (A) Biology of Diadegma trochanterata (Morley) (Hymenoptera : Ichneumonidae): An Internal Larval Parasitoid of the Castor Capsule Borer Dichocrocis punctiferalis Guene (Lepidoptera : Pyralididae)