Pests of Forest: Importance and Their Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Prof. P.K. Sen-Sarma, Ph.D., FNASc., FASc., FESI, FIAWSc, FNAAS--a termitologist and forest entomologist: biography and contributions (1929-2002)/Vijay Veer and B.K. Tyagi. 2. Termites in dikes of Northern Vietnam/Vu Van Tuyen. 3. Biological observations on some wood-infesting termites (Isoptera : insecta) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India/P.K. Maiti and N. Saha. 4. Biosystematics and functional diversity of Trichogramma/Mukhtar Ahmad, Md. Jamal Ahmad and R.K. Mishra. 5. Two new species of genus Neococcidencyrtus Compere (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) parasitising diaspidid scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) from Assam, India/Sudhir Singh. 6. Potential of pheromones and Kairomones (Semiochemicals) based eco-friendly insect control technologies for the suppression of forest insect pests in India/Vijay Veer, M.J. Mendki, Neena Chauhan and Shri Prakash. 7. Impact of man, environment and pest on forest resources/B.M. Sharma. 8. Management of sylvan rodents in arid forestry ecosystem/Mohd. Idris, Partap Singh and Deepak Sharma. 9. Integrated management of insect pests and mites associated with important arid and semi-arid tree species in India/S.I. Ahmed, Shivesh Kumar, Meeta Sharma, Sahadev Chouhan, S.D. Paunikar and A.U. Khan. 10. Notes on diagnosis and bioecology of thrips pests of floral, fruit, vegetable, agronomic crops and forestry plants in the Dehra Dun Valley (Uttaranchal), India/Neena Chauhan and Vijay Veer. 11. Biological based integrated management of parthenium weed/Sushilkumar. 12. Nematodes associated with forest trees in arid and semi arid zones of Rajasthan, India/Padma Bohra. 13. Diversity of plant and soil nematodes in Uttarakhand, India/Vinita Sharma. 14. Insect diversity and taxonomy in India: role of National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC) at Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India/Sudhir Singh. 15. Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Coprinae) diversity in Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, with notes on their economic importance/Ram Sewak.

"Pests of Forest Importance and Their Management is a unique book comprising all the major components of a sylvatic ecosystem from the standpoint of pests of economic importance and their control using both conventional and modern applications. The book is a compilation of 15 specialist articles woven around the central theme of the objective envisaging a variety of forest arthropod pests including both insects and arachnids as well as vertebrates. In addition, the book comprises a special dedication chapter on the biography and (entomological) bibliography of Professor Dr. P.K. Sen-Sarma, possibly the most updated and authoritative account ever penned, which is amongst the most stimulating contributions likely to profusely ignite the minds of young and enthusiastic researchers in the country engaged in forest entomology. The book, written in a lucid and clearly comprehensible style, consists f closely knitted articles on taxonomy, biology, economic forestry, ecology, biogeography, prevention and control of the forest products from the pest attack, which all make an interesting reading and will hopefully serve a good purpose of a reference work for both a serious researcher and the amateur naive enthusiast. The book is dedicated to the fond memory of Prof. Dr. P.K. Sen-Sarma, the doyen of forest entomology and patron of Indian isopterology, and is expected to enthuse a large number of scientists, research scholars and academicians across the world to take up researchers in forest entomology."