Practical Manual of Insect Pests on Okra: A Field Guide for Identification and Management - Softcover

Kedar, Santoshkumar Chandappa; Kumaranag, K.M.; Bhujbal, D.S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659954365 ISBN 13: 9783659954368

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Okra crop under ecological conditions of India is severely infested by sucking pests like leafhopper, Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida), whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), two spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch and shoot and fruit borers, Earias vittella (Fabricius) and Earias insulana. This practical manual contains information on the major insect pests damaging okra. The identification and management of each species is discussed in this book. The detailed photographs showing damage symptoms allow for rapid identification of insect pest problems. For each pest, integrated pest management practices is also described in this book. The book on Practical manual of insect pests on okra: a field guide for identification and management would prove useful to okra growers, extension workers, students and researchers worldwide to help them for identification of insect pest problems and their management

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About the Author

Santoshkumar C.Kedar is presently working as Research Associate in Crop Pest Surveillance and Advisory Project at Department of Agricultural Entomology, VNMarathwada Agricultural University (Maharashtra) India. He did his PhD in Entomology with CSIR fellowship from CCS Haryana Agricultural University(Haryana) India.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659954365
• ISBN 13: 9783659954368
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68