Overview
- The scope of the book covers the main insects and mite pests of viticulture
- Color illustrations provide insights into the pests and their biology
- Contains reviews of current pest management practices as well as new directions for future research?
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. M. Mani is an agricultural scientist with over 35 years of R&D experience in the entomological research. He has served in Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. His focal subject is pest control in horticultural crops including grapes. Presently, he is an Emeritus professor of ICAR, New Delhi. He has received numerous awards including life time achievement award for his contribution to the research in horticulture entomology.
Dr. Narendra Kulkarni has worked as an agricultural scientist at NRC Grapes, Pune, for 6 years and contributed significantly in developing Integrated Pest Management on grapes. He was also associated with the APEDA sponsored project entitled “Regulation of export of fresh grapes from India through monitoring of pesticide residues”. He has been awarded with “Abhinav Gourav” citation and gold medal for outstanding contribution to the grape growers of Maharashtra. Presently, he is a Senior Scientist at IGFRI, RRS, Dharwad.
Dr. C. Shivaraju has extensively worked on insects infesting several agricultural and horticultural crops in Indian Institute of Horticultural Research and National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects both located at Bangalore. He has significantly contributed to the research on eucalyptus and papaya pest management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Grape Entomology
Authors: M. Mani, C. Shivaraju, Narendra S. Kulkarni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1617-9
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-1616-2Published: 16 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3510-1Published: 01 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-1617-9Published: 26 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 202
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 113 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Entomology, Plant Ecology