Plant Protection In Horticulture

The annual losses due to pests to all crops in India was estimated at Rs 60,000 million in 1983, which is at today's prices 200,000 million.

Jointly published with INRA, Paris. Pesticide resistance is becoming more frequent and widespread with more than 500 insect species known to have become resistant to synthetic insecticides. On the other hand, consumers increasingly demand agricultural products without any pesticide residues. This book, for the first time, shows the alternative: solely physical methods for plant protection by means of thermal, electromagnetic, mechanical and vacuum processes. A glossary rounds up this extremely valuable book.

This collection reviews current advances in integrated pest management (IPM) for horticultural crops, including the use of biological control mechanisms, technological developments such as proximal sensors, agronomic practices and physical control.

Provides information about the biology of common pests and diseases that affect horticultural crops and ways to control them. Discusses the identification and classification of common weeds and lists appropriate control measures. Topics covered include insects and allied pests, snails and slugs, vertebrate pests, nematode diseases, viruses, bacterial diseases, fungal diseases, parasitic flowering plants and weeds. Includes references, review questions, suggestions for further reading, glossary and index.

The increase in the world population and changes in welfare have led to an enormously expanding demand for food. In the industrialized world, food surpluses rather than shortages are a problem together with adverse environmental impacts from the overuse of chemicals and excessive exploitation of agricultural land. In the developing world, food production cannot keep up with population growth and the gap between demand and supply is growing. This book explores the theme of sustainable agricultural development in the developing world, with a particular focus on crop protection. Includes chapters on the ecology of food production, on sustainable agriculture and crop protection methods, on the economics of food production and more.

Second edition of a text for students of horticulture, first published in 1985. Provides information about the methods used to control weeds and common pests, and the diseases that affect horticultural crops. Discusses topics such as the use of resistant varieties, integrated pest management, relevant legislation and the role of plant quarantine. Includes suggestions for further reading and index.

This book is a compilation of information on insect/mite/vertebrate pests and fungal/bacterial/viral/mycoplasma/nematode diseases of tropical root and tuber crops such as cassava, sweet potato, yams, taro, Amorphophallus, yam bean and tannia. The book highlights the distribution, symptoms and damage, biology, survival and spread of each pest and describes management methods. It also sheds light on different eco-friendly pest management strategies including physical, cultural, chemical, biological, host resistance and integrated methods. The book is written in a lucid style using easy-to-understand language and offers adoptable recommendations involving eco-friendly control measures. It serves as a useful reference source for policy makers, research and extension workers, practicing farmers and students. The material can also be used for teaching post graduate courses in state agricultural universities.

Plant classification; Plant structures; Plant physiology and biochemistry; Plant development; Plant environments; Plant propagation and interim care; Outdoor management of the plant environment; Management of controlled to semicontrolled plant environments; Physical, biological, and chemical control of plants; Plant protection; Horticultural crop improvement; Harvesting and postharvest preparation; Ornamental horticulture; Olericulture; Pomology.

This book is a guide to an understanding of the methods of disease, pest and weed control with each method being described.