Pests of Medicinal Plants and Bioefficacy of Plant Extracts

ISBN-13: 9786206785521 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str.

SALIL K. GUPTA; Afsana Mondal; Rituparna De

Opis

The present book deals with occurrence of major insect and mite pests on medicinal plants, their seasonality and management with extracts of medicinal plants with special reference to causing mortality, repellency and ovicidal action. Besides, their impact on beneficials, bio-control agents and bio-effectiveness against storage and mushroom pests, medical and veterinary pests, etc. have been dealt with. These apart, conservation of medicinal plants, effect of climatic change on medicinal plants, medicinal plants in global perspective, etc. are the other aspects on which some lights has been thrown. Being the book of its kind from the first time from the world, it will give a summarized information on the relevant topics and will have a good impact on the readers motivating them to undertake further research in the gap areas.

O autorze

Dr. Salil K. Gupta, Former Emeritus Scientist, GoI., authored 12 books, 300 research papers.Miss. Afsana Mondal, a Ph.D. researcher, authored 4 books, 4 research papers on diverse aspects of mites of medicinal plants/mushrooms.Dr. Rituparna De is associated with RKMA, authored some research papers on diverse aspects including medicinal plants.