Principles and Practices of Rice Production
| Author | : Surajit K. De Datta |
| Publisher | : Int. Rice Res. Inst. |
| Total Pages | : 642 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Rice |
| ISBN | : 0471097608 |
The Sharp Headed Grain Leafhopper Classic Reprint
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Insect Pests of Rice
| Author | : M. D. Pathak |
| Publisher | : Int. Rice Res. Inst. |
| Total Pages | : 88 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9712200280 |
Rice-feeding Insects and Selected Natural Enemies in West Africa
| Author | : E. A. Heinrichs |
| Publisher | : Int. Rice Res. Inst. |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Biological pest control agents |
| ISBN | : 9712201902 |
Introduction; Biology and ecology of rice-feeding insects; Natural enemies of West African rice-feeding insects; An illustrated key to the identification of selected West African rice insects and spiders.
Our Farm and Building Book
| Author | : William A. Radford |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 1915 |
| Genre | : Farm buildings |
| ISBN | : |
Sharp-Headed Grain Leafhopper
| Author | : United States. Department of Agriculture |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1915 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Sucking Pests of Crops
| Author | : Omkar |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 517 |
| Release | : 2020-10-12 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9811561494 |
Sucking pests are most notorious group of pests for agricultural crops. Unlike most pests with chewing mouth parts, sucking pests cause more severe damage to the crops and are complex to get identified until advanced stages of infection. Not only is this late detection detrimental to their effective control, sucking pests also often cause fungal growth and virus transmission. The book emphasizes on sucking pests of most major crops of India. It aims to reflect Indian scenario before the international readership. This book complies comprehensive information on sucking pests of crops and brings the attention of the readers to this multiple damage causing insect complex. The chapters are contributed by highly experienced Indigenous experts from Universities & ICAR institutes, and book collates useful content for students and young researchers in plant pathology, entomology and agriculture.
The One-Straw Revolution
| Author | : Masanobu Fukuoka |
| Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2010-09-08 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1590173929 |
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book “is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture.” Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural practice, deciding instead that the best forms of cultivation mirror nature’s own laws. Over the next three decades he perfected his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort. Whether you’re a guerrilla gardener or a kitchen gardener, dedicated to slow food or simply looking to live a healthier life, you will find something here—you may even be moved to start a revolution of your own.
Medical and Veterinary Entomology
| Author | : Gary R. Mullen |
| Publisher | : Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 646 |
| Release | : 2009-04-22 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 0080919693 |
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Second Edition, has been fully updated and revised to provide the latest information on developments in entomology relating to public health and veterinary importance. Each chapter is structured with the student in mind, organized by the major headings of Taxonomy, Morphology, Life History, Behavior and Ecology, Public Health and Veterinary Importance, and Prevention and Control. This second edition includes separate chapters devoted to each of the taxonomic groups of insects and arachnids of medical or veterinary concern, including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Internationally recognized editors Mullen and Durden include extensive coverage of both medical and veterinary entomological importance. This book is designed for teaching and research faculty in medical and veterinary schools that provide a course in vector borne diseases and medical entomology; parasitologists, entomologists, and government scientists responsible for oversight and monitoring of insect vector borne diseases; and medical and veterinary school libraries and libraries at institutions with strong programs in entomology. Follows in the tradition of Herm's Medical and Veterinary Entomology The latest information on developments in entomology relating to public health and veterinary importance Two separate indexes for enhanced searchability: Taxonomic and Subject New to this edition: Three new chapters Morphological Adaptations of Parasitic Arthropods Forensic Entomology Molecular Tools in Medical and Veterinary Entomology 1700 word glossary Appendix of Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical-Veterinary Importance Numerous new full-color images, illustrations and maps throughout
Edible Insects
| Author | : Arnold van Huis |
| Publisher | : Bright Sparks |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Conservation of natural resources |
| ISBN | : 9789251075951 |
Edible insects have always been a part of human diets, but in some societies there remains a degree of disdain and disgust for their consumption. Although the majority of consumed insects are gathered in forest habitats, mass-rearing systems are being developed in many countries. Insects offer a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science to improve human food security worldwide. This publication describes the contribution of insects to food security and examines future prospects for raising insects at a commercial scale to improve food and feed production, diversify diets, and support livelihoods in both developing and developed countries. It shows the many traditional and potential new uses of insects for direct human consumption and the opportunities for and constraints to farming them for food and feed. It examines the body of research on issues such as insect nutrition and food safety, the use of insects as animal feed, and the processing and preservation of insects and their products. It highlights the need to develop a regulatory framework to govern the use of insects for food security. And it presents case studies and examples from around the world. Edible insects are a promising alternative to the conventional production of meat, either for direct human consumption or for indirect use as feedstock. To fully realise this potential, much work needs to be done by a wide range of stakeholders. This publication will boost awareness of the many valuable roles that insects play in sustaining nature and human life, and it will stimulate debate on the expansion of the use of insects as food and feed.
