The book, consists of 31 chapters, will be useful to scientists working in the field of entomology. Chapters 1-10 present comprehensive review of concept and implementation and future need of pest management, impact of climate on pest population, insect invasion, pollinators, pesticide use, bar coding as tool to understand diversity and pesticide formulation and safety to environment. The next 5 chapters present comprehensive information on host plant resistance, soil solarization, neem and behaviour modify chemicals as component of pest management. Chapters 16-26 present the management strategies on crops like sugarcane, rice, sorghum, tobacco, fruits, vegetables crops and stored grain pests and strategies for management of mites which are emerging pests of agricultural crops. In the last 5 chapters presents the strategies for transmission of technology and its impact and the role of electronic media on dissemination of technology. The book contains comprehensive information in recent trends in various aspects of pest management complied by scientist working in specialized areas of pest management. The book will be useful to students, teachers, researchers and policy planners associated with pest management.
Offers a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical principles and practical aspects of refrigeration and air conditioning systems. It begins by reviewing the physical principles of three pillars of refrigeration and air conditioning - thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. Subsequent chapters provide exhaustive coverage of the principles, applications and design of several types of refrigeration systems and their associated components.
Padma Vibhushan Prof. D.S.Kothari was an eminent scientist, educationist, humanist, philosopher and visionary who successfully synthesized pristine values of good life with imperatives of modernization and development. Prof. Kothari was a devout seeker of truth-whether it was achieved through experience or through experimentation. The present anthology of essays, contains ideas and perspective on the four salient themes that were so dear to him.: Science, Defence, Education and Ethics.
Papers presented at the 'Winter School' on Advances in Agricultural Entomology held at Punjab Agricultural University during December 2010 to January 2011.
The present volume examines the notion of Good Governance not just from the world bank perspective, but in the hoary tradition of western and eastern thought and in the contemporary contextof its adoptation and implementation in India, with a few examples from abroad.
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