Indian Pest Parasitoids

by R K Dawale, S A Inamdar, T V Sathe

ISBN: 9789383129478
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 5495.00
Biblio : viii+145p., plts., figs., tabls., bib., ind., 23 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Sathe Tukaram Vithalrao is Professor and Head, Department of Zoology, Shiva University, Kolhapur. He has written 30 books and published 255 research papers in national and international Journals of repute.

About The Book

Chemical control leads to many serious problems like air and water pollution, health hazards, killing of beneficial animals, pest resistance, secondary pest out-break, pest resurgence, interruption in eco-cycles, etc. Hence, biological pest control is visualised as “living weapon” over chemical control. The parasitoids are potent biological agents of insect pests and widely used in biological pest control method. The book includes importance of parasitoids in biocontrol method, taxonomical detai

Table of Contents

Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Taxonomy; Dolichogenidea darbari, D bageshri, Apanteles multani, A prodeniae, Promicrogastor vachaspati, Semionis madhuvanti, Rhygopliti’s pahadi, Glyptapanteles malshri, G bhupali, Cotesia hansdhwani, Cotesia flavipes, Parenion bhairavi, Protomicropliti’s shivrangini, Microplitis bageshri, Bracon todi, Habrobracon hansshri, Pholetesor rangini, Agathis rageshri, A malshri, Laccagathis bageshri, Calyptus virhini, Wachsmania darbari, Charops patmangiri,