Kalaisekar, A.,

Insect pests of millets : systematics, bionomics, and management / A. Kalaisekar, P.G. Padmaja, V.R. Bhagwat, J.V. Patil, ICAR - Indian Institute of Millet Research, Hyderabad, India. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, [date of publication not identified] ©2017 - xiii, 190 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Systemics and Taxonomy -- Biology, Behavior, and Ecology -- Insect-Plant Relationships -- Pest Management Strategies and Technologies.

"Insect Pests of Millets: Systematics, Bionomics, and Management focuses on protecting the cultivated cereals that many worldwide populations depend on for food across the semi-arid tropics of the world. Providing coverage of all the major cultivated millets, including sorghum, pearlmillet, finger millet, barnyard millet, prosomillet, little millet, kodomillet, and foxtail millet, this comprehensive book on insect pests is the first of its kind that explores systematics, bionomics, distribution, damage, host range, biology, monitoring techniques, and management options, all accompanied by useful illustrations and color plates. By exploring the novel aspects of Insect-plant relationships, including host signaling orientation, host specialization, pest -- host evolutionary relationship, and biogeography of insects and host plants, the book presents the latest ecologically sound and innovative techniques in insect pest management from a general overview of pest management to new biotechnological interventions."--

Kalaisekar, A., Padmaja, P. G., Bhagwat, V. R. and Patil, J. V. (2017). Insect pests of millets : systematics, bionomics and management. Amsterdam : Elsevier.

9780128042434 (pbk) 0128042435 (pbk)


Millets--Diseases and pests
Insect pests.

SB 608.M5 / In718 2017