Groundnut Entomology

Contents: Foreword. 1. Insects and non-insect pests: distribution, identification and symptoms of damage/V. Nandagopal and G.V. Ranga Rao. 2. Ecology of groundnut pests/V. Nandagopal. 3. Aproaerema modicella (Deventer)/G.V. Ranga Rao, V. Nandagopal and D.D.R. Reddy. 4. Spodopetera litura (F.)/G.V. Ranga Rao, R.J. Rabindra, V. Nandagopal and Rameswar Rao. 5. Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)/J.B. Bapodra, K. Gunathilagaraj and V. Nandagopal. 6. Hairy caterpillars/T. Muralikrishna and T.V. Prasad. 7. White Grubs/C.P.S. Yadava and V. Nandagopal. 8. Termites/T.V. Prasad and Rajiv Rathod. 9. Aphis Craccivora Koch/C.A. Mahalingam and M.V. Gedia. 10. Leaf Hoppers/V. Nandagopal and A.D. Makwana. 11. Thrips/K. Gunathilagaraj and V. Nandagopal. 12. Minor insects and non-insect pests/M. John Sudheer and V. Nandagopal. 13. Pod Borers/T. Senguttuvan. 14. Storage pests of groundnut and their management/V. Nandagopal, T.V. Prasad and M.V. Gedia. 15. Nematodes/D.J. Patel and S.K. Patel. 16. Rodents/H.J. Vyas and T.V. Prasad. 17. Vector-virus relationship and their management/V. Nandagopal and M.P. Ghewande. 18. Botanicals/K. Sahayaraj and V. Nandagopal. 19. Biocontrol/S.P. Singh, D.N. Yadav, T.V. Prasad and K. Gunathilakaraj. 20. Sex Pheromones/V. Nandagopal, G.V. Ranga Rao and T.V. Prasad. 21. Chemical control/G. Logiswaran and R. Vishnu Priya. 22. Integrated pest management/V. Nandagopal and M.P. Ghewande. 23. Breeding for insects resistance/P. Manivel, M. Samdur and V. Nandagopal. 24. Pesticide application techniques/V. Nandagopal, M.V. Gedia and P.C. Rath. 25. Forecasting, forewarning and modelling of pests of groundnut for integrated pest management/T.P. Trivedi, D.K. Das, A Dhandapani and V. Nandagopal. 26. Transfer of pest management technologies/G.D. Satish Kumar.

"This book contains 26 chapters. There is full chapter for each of the major insects that cause havoc in the cultivation and storage of groundnuts. The first chapter deals with the insects and non-insects of groundnut and their occurrence in different groundnut zones. The second chapter deals with the ecology of the major insects. The twelfth chapter is on storage insects, and the fifteenth is on nematodes. The sixteenth chapter was on rodents in detail. A chapter on virus vector has been allotted which is a exhaustive in nature. Botanicals, bio-control and pheromones have been dealt separately in each chapter. The chemical control of the major insects have been dealt separately. Extensive literatures and explanations were given on IPM in Indian situation. There is a chapter on breeding for insect resistance in groundnut by active young scientists. Pesticides application technique has received a separate chapter. Forecasting and forewarning of the major insects were dealt by the experts in the field. Finally, a young scientist gave a detailed accounts on the extension of the technologies developed and their status under field conditions." (jacket)