Integrated Pest Management in Nepal : Proceedings of a National Seminar Kathmandu, Nepal 25-26 September 2002

Contents: Foreword. I. Plant protection organisation: 1. History of plant protection in Nepal/Keshav C. Sharma. 2. Present status of plant protection services in Nepal/Bhakta R. Palikhe, Parasu R. Adhikari and Laxmi P. Kharel. II. Biological control: 3. Management of bean wilt (Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn.) by Trichoderma Harzianum Rifai/Ishwar P. Rijal and Sundar M. Shrestha. 4. Association of fungal pathogens with white grubs/Yubak Dhoj GC and Siegfried Keller. 5. Management of soilborne fungal diseases of crops by Trichoderma/Buddhi R. Khadge. 6. Insecticidal activities of Bacillus thuringiensis isolated from soils of Nepal/Surya P. Manandhar, Rina Pradhan and Achyut P. Sharma. 7. Prospects of Bacillus thuringiensis based biopesticides in Nepal/Prabina Rana, Neesha Rana, Jaishree Sijapati, Anjana Giri and Chiranjivi Regmi. III. Host plant resistance: 8. Use of resistant crop varieties and companion crops in integrated pest management/Prem Yonjon. IV. Botanical pesticides: 9. Status of botanical pesticides in Nepal/Fanindra P. Neupane. 10. Pesticidal activity of certain plant products against the pulse beetle (Callosobruchus chinensis L.)/Ananda S. Tamrakar. V. Biotechnology: 11. Role of biotechnology in integrated pest management for enhancing agricultural productivity and poverty alleviation in Nepal/Mukunda Ranjit. VI. Vector insects and crop diseases: 12. Vector insects and their transmitted diseases in agricultural and horticultural crops in Nepal/Samudra L. Joshi. VII. Beneficial insects: 13. The value of pollinators to mountain agriculture and ways to protect them from pesticide poisoning/Uma Partap. 14. Integrated pest management strategies for protecting honeybees from pesticides/Ratna Thapa. VIII. Vertebrate pests: 15. Crop raiding by primates and other wild animals in the mountains of Nepal/Mukesh K. Chalise. IX. Indigenous knowledge: 16. Indigenous knowledge on pest management in rice/Resham B. Thapa. X. Pesticide pollution: 17. Pesticide pollution and integrated pest management/Resham B. Thapa. 18. Sources of dioxins and Furans in Nepal/Bhakta R. Palikhe. XI. Integrated management: 19. Prospect of integrated pest management in sustainable agricultural development in Nepal/Bharat P. Upadhyay. 20. Status of community integrated pest management in Nepal/Nalini S. Upadhyaya. 21. A new dynamism of integrated crop management farmer field school in reducing poverty: an experience of care Nepal/Rajendra Khanal. 22. Integrated disease management in potato through farmer field school approach: food security perspective/Tara L. Lama. 23. Comparing farmer field school and conventional extension approaches in terms of knowledge, attitude and practice of integrated pest management technology in Chitwan district/Madan R. Joshi. 24. Developing insect pest management components in vegetable crops in Nepal/Samudra L. Joshi. 25. Integrated management of stalk rot of cauliflower/Vrigu R. Duwadi. 26. Integrated management of foliar blight of wheat/Baidya N. Mahto. 27. Eco-friendly IPM tools in enhancing agricultural production/Bishnu K. Gyawali. 28. Trend and expectation for integrated weed management in Nepal/Jagat Devi Ranjit. 29. A new approach in existing stored grain extension technology/Shashi Adhikari. 30. Integrated pest management and food security in Nepal/Rishi Adhikari. 31. Alternative pest Management possibility in urban/peri-urban agricultural environment/Pradeep M. Dixit and Ram Bhandari. 32. Conclusion and recommendation of the National Seminar on integrated pest management/Fanindra P. Neupane. Author index. List of participants and their affiliated institutions. Himalayan Resources Institute (HIRI). Care international in Nepal.