Entomology: Current Status and Future Strategies
by Ganguly, Arijit & Khokan Naskar
ISBN: 9789388027083
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2018
Price : Rs. 10495.00
Biblio : xxiii+279p., figs., tabls., indx., 25 cm
Author Profile
Dr. Arijit Ganguly is presently working as an Assistant Professor of Zoology in the Achhruram Memorial College, Jhalda, Purulia in West Bengal, India. He has completed his master and PhD degrees from Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. He was further trained as a postdoctoral fellow in Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Since last ten years, Dr. Ganguly is working in the field of utilisation of insects as food for livestock. He has published more than 20 r
About The Book
The book is divided into seven segments: Insect diversity and conservation, environmental toxicology of insects, insect taxonomy, insect behaviour, medicinal value of insects, Insects as food for human and livestock, and insect pest management.
In the first segment there is a general discussion on the biodiversity and conservation of insects with emphasis on India, next will be a chapter on grasshopper diversity, followed by how acridid grasshoppers play an important role in conserving forest e
Table of Contents
Dedication v
Foreword vii
Preface ix
The Contributors xv
Editorial
1. From the Chief Editor’s Desk 3
? Arijit Ganguly
Section 1: Insect Diversity and Conservation
2. Insect Diversity and Needs for its Conservation with
Special Emphasis on the Indian Subcontinent 9
? Dipanwita Das and Sudipta Mandal
3. Diversity of Grasshopper Communities with the Cropping
Patterns of a Rice Agro-ecosystem in West Bengal, India 23
? Ranita Chakravorty, Parimalendu Haldar and Santanu Ray
4.
