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Reducing crop losses, minimizing pesticide use, avoiding pesticide residues, increasing farmer's income and enhancing environmental health are the hallmarks of sustainable agriculture. How can this be achieved through the use of green pesticides? Green pesticides refer to all types of nature-oriented and beneficial pest control materials that contribute to reduce the pest population and increase food production. They are safe and ecofriendly. They are more compatible with the environment components than synthetic pesticides. Eminent scientists have highlighted the importance of green pesticides and discuss their research findings in this volume.

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Author:   S. Ignacimuthu, SJ ,  S. Jayaraj
Publisher:   Narosa Publishing House
Imprint:   Narosa Publishing House
ISBN:  

9788173196867

ISBN 10:   8173196869
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   21 July 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface / Botanical Pesticides: Review on botanical pesticides as tools of pest management / Evaluation of botanicals for use in the control of groundnut pests / Synergistic effects of AzaDirect with Spinosad against cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hybner) / Plant derivatives as potential resurgenece ameliorators against rice brown plant hopper / Bioefficacy of some plant extracts and natural products against Nephotettix virescens, Sogatella furcifera and Cofana Spectra on rice / Impect of neem oil on the biodiversity of arthropods in transplanted rice / Bag Impregnation with plant extracts to manage Angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in stored paddy / Additive effects of botanical mixtures on biological activities of pigeonpea podborer, Helicoverpa armigera Hybner / Bioefficacy of botanicals for the management of blister beetle, Mylabris pustulata (Thunb) on pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L)) / Evaluation of bitter apple (Citrullus colocynthis) fruit extracts against pulse beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus Fab (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) / Botanicals and biological control of major pests of groundnut / Effect of chosen fern leaf extracts on the development of Spodoptera litura / Effect of cashew gum as a repellent against melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cururbitae Coq. / Evaluation of different plant products against cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae Linn / Evaluation of neem formulation against cardamom shoot and capsule borer (Conogethes punctiferalis Guenee) and their effects on honey bee visits in cardamom plantation / Antinemic activity of Thespesia populenea (L.) against Meloidogyne incognita / Rice land weeds of insecticide value: Aboon for resource based IPM in rice / Botanical pesticides for insect control / Formulations of botanical pesticides / Microbial Pesticides: Studies on the enhancement of field efficacy of NPV for the management of groundnut redhairy caterpillar, Amsacta alistriga Walker (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) / Laboratory bioassay of in vitro Helicoverpa armigera NPV produced through insect cell line culture / Ultra violet protectants as viral enhances for Helicoverpa armigera NPV in cotton / Susceptibility of different instars of Spodoptera litura (F.) to its granulosis virus and vertical transmission of virus / Role of entomopathogenic fungi in insect pest management / Bioefficacy of Verticillium lecanii (Zimm.) Viegas against sucking pests of Gerbera in polyhouse / Nematode-trapping efficacy of two chlamydospore forming fungi against Haemonchus controtus in sheep: comparision between Indian isolates of Arthrobotrys musiformis and Duddingtonia flagrans / Qualitative and quantitative assessment of synergism between Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki and insecticides / Mitigation of insecticide detoxifying enzyme and suppression of quinalphos resistance in Plutella xylostella by Bacillus thuringiensis infection / Rhabditis (Oscheius) sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) a new pathogenic nematode of crop pests / Potential Rhabditis sp. For the management of pests of bitter ground Momordica charantia L. / General Pesticides: Spinosad and Avermectin - The Green Pesticides for IPM / Farmer-participatory research on Green Pesticides and integrated management of cotton pests in Tamil Nadu state, India / Non-insecticidal approach to manage rice thrips (Stenchaetothrips biformis Bagnall (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Karaikal region / Bioefficacy of new parasitic mite, Padopolipu diander Volkonsky (Acarina Podapolipodidae) on Lesser rice locust, Oxya velox (Orthoptera Acrididae) / Bioassessment of rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrosis medinalis Guenee in the coastal region of Karaikal / Marker-assisted selection as a strategy for selecting insect resistant breeding lines with improved efficiency / Management of Chilli pest through indigenous materials / Developing an IPM package for Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) / Management of sugarcane shoot borer, Chilo infuscatellus Snellen with organic wastes and organic byproducts / Study on comparative efficacy of different types of pheromones in trapping the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olive of coconut / Natural way of managing major insect pests of coffee.

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S. Ignacimuthu, s.j.: Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai S. Jayaraj.: S. Jayaraj Research Foundation for Sustainableand Rural Development Centre, Chennai

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