Integrated Pest Management for Sustainable Agriculture

The book enhances the knowledge and inspires all the stakeholders including students,
researchers, extension workers, workforce of Govt. and private agencies, etc. who are directly or
indirectly associated with scientific crop production vis-à-vis crop protection to promote
sustainable agriculture through Integrated Crop Management measures. Keeping in view the
need of food security for the ever-growing human population and also the ill effects of
indiscriminate use of chemicals in crop protection, the need of the hour is to strengthening and
integrating of all the aspects and options of growing a healthy crop. To eliminate the bad sides of
chemical control strategy Integrated Pest Management system was evolved as the best approach
for crop protection through growing of healthy crops in a sustainable way. However, due to
several factors including the dominance of pesticide industries the true adoption of IPM concept
with certainty is still questionable. Moreover, strengthening of this novel system also requires
validation and integration of newly evolved strategies that are being generated through latest
scientific research works at different corners. The contents of the book will be useful to students,
researchers, teachers, extension workers and other scientific communities who are working in
fields of Agriculture. The book will definitely add value to the Agricultural Science as a whole.