Author Profile

Dr. Ravi Kant Bhatia, presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology Himachal Pradesh University Shimla-05. Dr. Bhatia has vast experience in industry and academia and continuously engaged in teaching and research activities. He has qualified UGC-NET ICAR-NET, GATE and obtained UGC-PDF fellowship to pursue his Post Doctorate. He has also received SERB-ITS fellowship award to visit Scotland to present his finding in an international conference. He has published more than 80 research publications with cumulative IF 178 and 3500+ citations. He has been received projects from various funding agencies and successfully completed 4 of them as Co-PI and 1 as PI. He is serving as reviewer for various prestigious national and international journals. He published 2 books and 5 under advance stage of publishing with various publishers of repute. He is working in the area of Environmental Biotechnology. Beside his teaching and research assignments he is also looking after Biotechnology Incubation Centre (BIC-HPU) to promote bio entrepreneurship in the field of Biotechnology. Dr. Neelam Kumari is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biosciences at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla HP, has academic background in Biological Sciences with achievements in working with ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute Shimla and YSP Nauni University Solan (HP). She started her research carrier with ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute Shimla and Regional Horticultural and training Station, Mashobra Shimla in the area of Entomology/ Bio-intensive management of potato pests/ Nanotechnology in pest management/Molecular characterization of potato and apple pest/application of ecofriendly management practices under laboratory and field conditions. She has attended more than 20 National and International Conferences, Workshops, Seminars. She received Young Woman Scientist Award 2023 and Woman Mentor and Educationalist Award of the year 2023. She completed five research projects. She published more than 8 book chapters, 25 research publications in high impact factors Journals and one text book.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Pest Management and Agriculture
Chapter 2 Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Approaches
Chapter 3 Physical and Cultural Pest Management Practices
Chapter 4 Chemical Pest Control: Innovations and Sustainability
Chapter 5 Biological Control of Pests: Harnessing Nature’s Predators
Chapter 6 Biotechnological Approaches in Pest Management
Chapter 7 Nanotechnology in Pest Control and Management
Chapter 8 Precision Agriculture Technologies for efficient Pest Management in agriculture sector
Chapter 9 Community Engagement and Education in the agriculture sector
Chapter 10 Consequences of Climate Change on Insect Pest
Chapter 11 Future Directions on Sustainable Pest Management
List of Contributors
Index