Non-Chemical Insect Pest Management

Contents: Preface. I. Plant based pesticides: 1. Botanical derivatives for the control of vectors of medical importance/M. Kalyanasundaram and Nisha Mathew. 2. Bioefficacy of clausena dentate (Willd.) leaf extract and fractions against the gram pod borer, helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) (Lepidoptera: noctuidae)/S. Malarvannan, C. Vaanathi, S. Sekar and Sudha Nair. 3. Potential of neem for forest insect pests management: an overview/R. Sundararaj. 4. Efficacy of neem Kernel Aqueous extract (NKAE) prepared adopting RENPAP technology and its prophylactic impact on the leaf roller, Caloptilia theivora (Walsingham) and flushworm, Cydia leucostoma (Meyrick) infesting tea/A. Babu. 5. Feeding deterrent and lethal effects of mangrove plant extracts against epilachna vigintioctopunctata Fab. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Atractomorpha crenulata Fab. (Orthoptera: pyrgomorphidae)/M. Gabriel Paulraj and S. Ignacimuthu. 6. Non-chemical management of cotton bollworm complex/D. Adiroubane and N. Vijayalakshmi. 7. Toxicity and feeding deterrent effect of Acalypha fruticosa Linn. (Euphorbiaceae) on spodoptera litura Fab. (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae) larvae/S. Lingathuraj, M. Gabriel Paulraj and S. Ignacimuthu. 8. Ecofriendly management of major pests of Jasmine/W. baby Rani, I. Cannayane and D.S. Rajavel. 9. Antifeedant and insecticidal activities of some plants against Helicoverpa armigera Hubner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae/S. Lingathurai, Abdul Rashid War, M. Gabriel Paulraj and S. Ignacimuthu. 10. Glutathione S-transferase activity and larval mortality in Taxifolin 3-O-rhamnoside treated Helicoverpa armigera Hub. And Spodoptera litura Fab. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)/S. Ezhil Vendan, M. Gabriel Paulraj and S. Ignacimuthu. 11. Comparative effectiveness of certain botanicals and bait substances against Giant African Snail attacking vanilla/K. Vanitha, P. Karuppuchamy, P. Sivasubramanian and D. Vidhya. 12. Management of Amaranth leaf Webber, Spoladea recurvalis (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Karaikal region, U.T. of Puduchery/S. Sivakumar and K. Kumar. 13. Efficacy of some plant extracts for the control of Callosobruchus maculates Fab. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) in stored Cowpea/M. Jayakumar. II. Microbial pesticides: 14. Susceptibility status of the culex tritaeniorhynchus and Mansonioides (Diptera: Culicidae) for the Japanese encephalitis virus collected in Kuttanadu, Kerala/P. Philip Samuel and N. Arunachalam. 15. Ecofriendly management of the teak defoliator, Hyblaea Puera (Lepidoptera: hyblaeidae) using a baculovirus/V.V. Sudheendrakumar. 16. Evaluation of mycohit (Mycelia and conidia of Hirsutella thompsonii fisher) against eriophyid mite on coconut/E.V. Bhaskaran. K. Ramaraju, S. Jeyarani and P. Sreerama Kumar. 17. Efficacy of green muscardine fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) against red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) Tenebrionidae: coleoptera)/S.P. Shanthakumar: S. Malarvannan, V.R. Prabavathy and Sudha Nair. 18. Entomopathogenic fungi on spent semi-synthetic diet/S. Manisegaran, K.  Chendrayan and J. Prabakaran. 19. Characterization of geographical isolates of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HaNPV)/S. Jeyarani, P. Karuppuchamy and N. Sathiah. 20. Field efficacy of mycoinsecticide formulations based on anative isolate of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (BpCm KKL 1100) against rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenee (Pyralidae Lepidoptera)/V. Ambethgar, M. Swamiappan and R.J. Rabindra. 21. Evaluation of certain biopesticides against thrips and leaf roller infesting the tea plant/Dhanapati K. Taptamani, H. Loganathan, S. and R. Varatharajan. 22. Soil Actinomycetes: a potential source of novel microbial pesticides for insect pest management/N. Roychoudhury, V.S. Dadwal and S.C. Biswas. 23. Ecofriendly approaches to Combat Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) and spodoptera litura (Fab) infesting crucifers under Lateritic zone of West Bengal/Hirak Chatterjee, Sangram Senapati and R. Srinivasan. 24. Pseudomonas flurescens PfD 1 based biospesticide biofor-pf for management of wilt disease of tomato an dBhoot Chilli/L.C. Bora and Popy Bora. III. Biological control: 25. Mass rearing of entomophages insects for biological control: success, bottlenecks and strategies: a review/Dunston P. Ambrose. 26. Dipha aphidivora (Meyrick), a potential bioagent for the management of sugarcane woolly aphid/M. Kalyanasundaram, P. Karuppuchamy, M. Kannan and A. Suganthi. 27. Effect of Pasteuria penetrans on burrowing nematode, Radopholus similes on Ginger, Zingiber Officinale/K. Mary Varghese, V.K. Sosamma and Nelson P. Abraham. 28. Predatory potential of spiders on major insect pests of rice/Ramesh and D.S. Mishra. IV. Cultural control and transgenics: i. Cultural Control: 29. Honey Bee friendly pest management in biofuel, Jatropha plantation/A. Regupathy and R. Ayyasamy. 30. Wood protection management of borers and termites by non chemical measures/O.K. Remadevi. 31. Induced resistance through organic nutrients for the management of Brown Planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (stal.) in rice/Usha Rani, B.R. Rajendran. D.S. Rajavel and K. Suresh. 32. Efficiency of pulse beetle egg removal device in the management of rice Weevil, Sitoiphilus oryzae linnaeus/S.A. Jaya Prakash, S. Mohan, P. Pretheep Kumar and M. Kannan. 33. Impact of site-specific nutrient management on the incidence of certain rice pests/K. Samiayyan, T. Jayaraj and B. Chandrasekaran. 34. Effect of inorganic and biofertilizers on nematode management in Banana cv. Robusta (AAA)/D. Vidhya, K. Soorianathasundaram. K. Poornima, K. Vanitha and R. Parimaladevi. 35. Pest diversionary approaches for the management of sucking pests in cotton/G. Preetha, T. Manoharan and J. Stanley. 36. Differential reaction of hybrid derivatives of lycopersicon accessions against whitefly Bemsia tabaci Genn. In South India/N. Muthukumaran and V. Selvanarayanan. 37. Bio-intensive module for the management of thrips, thrips tabaci (lindeman) and cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufn.) in small onion/K. Suresh D.S. Rajavel, R.K. Murali Baskaran and B. Usha Rani. 38. Transgenic in oilseed crops and their role in integrated pest management/M. Sujatha. V. Pheromones, Attractants and repellents: 39. Efficacy of 2 phenoxyethanol, a trail substance, in the management of subterranean termite Odontotermes wallonensis (wasmann) Isoptera: termitidae)/D.S. Rajavel, K. Premalatha, R.K. Muralibaskaran and K. Suresh. 40. Evaluation of food based attractants for control of the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: muscidae)/T. Elaiyabharathi and P.M.M. David. Index.