Practical Manual of Entomology: Insects and Non-insect Pests - Hardcover

Devasahayam, H.Lewin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9380235909 ISBN 13: 9789380235905

Publisher: New India Publishing Agency, 2011

Synopsis

Insects and non-insect pests are responsible for causing extensive damage to crops in the field and to grains and stored products in the warehouses and godowns, which necessitates their control. In this book, the author has given:- Detailed account of major insect and non-insect pests of economically important field and horticultural crops and possible measures of their control. Information about household pests, which damage human possessions, as well as insect and non-insect pests, which either cause diseases or transmit various diseases in plants, livestock and humans. A list of minor pests of each crop, which may attain the level of major pests when conditions become favorable for them. List of insecticides approved by the Government of India for use as spray chemicals and granular insecticides and the dosage for their use. The text is substantiated with many, fine hand-drawn illustrations, depicting the nature of damage and life cycle of the pests, which is the highlight of this book. The book is intended primarily for the Under Graduate students of Agriculture, but it will be immense use for the Post Graduate students of Agriculture, officials working in the Department of Agriculture, those interested in scientific farming and for the general public.

About this title

About the Author

H. Lewin Devasahayam, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology (Retd.), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Edition details

• Publisher: New India Publishing Agency
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9380235909
• ISBN 13: 9789380235905
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 394