Integrated Pest Management in Diverse Cropping Systems

Climate change has intensified in recent decades, which has affected  crop production as well as facilitated the emergence of new diseases and  insect pests, causing serious threats to agriculture. Farmers have  mostly taken a crop-based approach to insect pest management (IPM); the  authors of this new volume, however, take the unique approach that IPM  based on specific cropping systems is more efficient, resulting in  reduced cultivation costs, increased yield and profitability, and  decreased residue from crop produce and products. This volume presents  the results of research done by crop protection scientists on integrated  pest management in diverse cropping systems based on rice, wheat,  maize, pulses, food legumes, oilseeds, groundnut, potato, and other  horticulture crops.

With chapters written by well-known and  experienced scientists in their fields, this volume provides in-depth  knowledge on integrated pest management in conjunction with an array of  specific cropping systems, taking into consideration all the elements,  including the crops, crop sequences, spatial and temporal aspects of  managing an agricultural system, and other aspects.

This volume  will be valuable for entomologists, plant pathologists, and agronomists,  as well as for farmers―both small and industrial sized, agricultural  extension centers, faculty and students, and many others involved with  crop cultivation.