Integrated Pest Management in Diverse Cropping Systems

Climate change has intensified in recent decades, which has affected crop production as well as facilitated the emergence of new diseases and insect pests, causing serious threats to agriculture. Farmers have mostly taken a crop-based approach to insect pest management (IPM); the authors of this new volume,however, take the unique approach that IPM based on specific cropping systems is more efficient, resulting in reduced cultivation costs, increased yield and profitability, and decreased residue from crop produce and products. This volume presents the results of research done by crop protection scientists on integrated pest management in diverse cropping systems based on rice, wheat, maize, pulses, food legumes, oilseeds, groundnut, potato, and other horticulture crops. With chapters written by well-known and experienced scientists in their fields, this volume provides in-depth knowledge on integrated pest management in conjunction with an array of specific cropping systems, taking into consideration all the elements, including the crops, crop sequences, spatial and temporal aspects of managing an agricultural system, and other aspects. This volume will be valuable for entomologists, plant pathologists, and agronomists, as well as for farmers—both small and industrial sized, agricultural extension centers, faculty and students, and many others involved with crop cultivation.

1. Efficient Diversified Cropping Systems of Field and Horticultural Crops for Livelihood Security Narendra Kumar, Kancheti Mrunalini, Girija Prasad Patnaik, and Biswaranjan Behera 2. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Concepts and Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture Monika Singh, Neetu Pandey, and O. P. Sharma 3. Innovative Integrated Pest Management Paradigm for Sustainable Crop Production with Special Reference to North East India Pranab Dutta, Ashok Bhattacharyya, and Arti Kumari 4. Concept and Practices of IPM in Relation to Different Crops and Cropping Systems Devendra Pal Singh 5. Integrated Pest Management in Rice-Based Cropping Systems in India Gururaj Katti, Ch. Padmavathi, and R. Mahender Kumar 6. IPM in Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems Ramji Singh, H. S. Viswanath, Ajay Tomer, Durga Prasad, and U. P. Shahi 7. Root-Knot Nematode Disease: An Expanding Problem in Rice-Based Cropping Systems H. S. Gaur 8. Defense Mechanisms of Maize: Implications for Integrated Pest Management P. Lakshmi Soujanya, J. C. Sekhar, S. B. Suby, K. R.Yathish, K. Srinivasa Babu, and G. Shyam Prasad 9. Insect Pest Management in Millet Cropping Systems J. Stanley, K. Srinivasa Babu, G. Shyam Prasad, A. Kalaisekar, B. Subbarayudu, and B. Gangaiah 10. Advances in Pest Management in Pulse-Based Cropping Systems under Changing Climate N. P. Singh, R. K. Mishra, Sanjay M. Bandi, and Narendra Kumar 11. Integrated Management of Diseases in Pigeonpea for Ensuring Food Security under Changing Climate in India Sanjeev Kumar and U. K. Khare 12. IPM in Groundnut: Current Scenario and Future Prospects Nataraja V. Maheshala, Sriananth Kurella, Rupak Jena, Harish Gangaiah, and Radhakrishnan Thankappan 13. Integrated Disease Management in a Rapeseed-Mustard-Based Cropping System P. D. Meena, and P. K. Rai 14. Integrated Pest Management in Soybean-Based Cropping Systems Kumari Surbhi, K. P. Singh, T. Aravind, Parul Dobhal, Pooja Bhatt, and Himani Jeena 15. Integrated Pest Management in Indigenous Oilseed Crops P. Duraimurugan and M. Sujatha 16. Integrated Disease and Pest Management under a Potato-Based Cropping System Amitava Basu and Amitava Konar 17. Integrated Pest Management in Kinnow P. N. Meena, M. K. Khokhar, and D. Raghavendra 18. Harnessing the Antifungal and Antinemic Potential of Trichoderma in Integrated Crop Management System for Mitigating Fungal Nematode Complex in Cucumber S. Nakkeeran, B. Sreenayana, R. Saravanan, P. Renukadevi, and S. Vinodkumar 19. Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Medicinal and Aromatic Plant-Based Cropping System K. T. Shivakumara, Satyajit Roy, and R. P. Meena

Devendra Pal Singh, PhD, was formerly Principal Scientist (Plant Pathology) and Principal Investigator (Crop Protection Programme) at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India (1991).