Termites and Sustainable Management, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Volume 2 - Economic Losses and Management Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection Series

This termite Volume 2 comprises 13 chapters in an attempt to bring all available information on sustainable and eco-friendly termite management. The previous Volume considered the biology, social behaviour and economic importance of these insects. Chapters in this book dealing with damage and specific management of fungus-growing termites provide a review on most recent methodologies used for management. Termite damage crops from sowing till harvest. As it is difficult to detect damages in field, usually it is too late when the symptoms are noticed. A separate chapter on issues related to Indian agriculture and the contemporary practices being followed by majority of the Indian farmers is quite informative. Similarly, a case study for termites infesting Malaysian forests constitutes an important contribution. Various issues related to integrated and eco-friendly termite management in tropical conditions have been addressed comprehensively.  Potential role of microbes has also been discussed in detail in other chapters. The information contained under these chapters should help termite management in a way that natural resources can be used and maintained for the generations to come. Similarly, the chapter on physical barriers contributes a wealth of information that can be useful all over the world where termite is a problem. Emphasis has been laid on reviewing contribution of synthetic chemical insecticides in termite management. A separate chapter dealing with standard norms in wood protection constitute a significant step in this direction. A further chapter throws light on the potential of biotechnology as a tool in management..

1. The Fungus-Growing Termites (Termitidae – Macrotermitinae): Biology, Damages on Tropical Crops and Specific Management - M. Diouf and C. Rouland-Lefevre

2   Termite Damage in Agriculture Areas and Implanted Forests: An Ecological Approach - Luciane Kern Junqueira and Daniela Faria Florencio

3   Termite and Indian Agriculture: A Case Study - Bishwajeet Paul, Md. Aslam Khan, Sangeeta Paul, Shankarganesh K and Sarbasis Chakravorty

4   Termites Infesting Malaysian Forests: Case study from Bornean Forest, Sabah, Malaysia - Homathevi Rahman, Kevin Fernandez and Nivaarani Arumugam

5   Integrated Termite Management In the Context of Indoor and Outdoor Pests situation -G K Mahapatro and Debajyoti Chatterjee

6   Eco-friendly Termite Management in Tropical Conditions - Monica Verma, Sharad Verma and Satyawati Sharma

8   Role of Botanicals in Termite Management - Syed Kamran Ahmad, Natalie Dale-Skey and Md. Aslam Khan

9   Microbes in Termite Management: Potential Role and Strategies in Biological Control - Priyanka Verma, Ajar Nath Yadav, Vinod Kumar, Md. Aslam Khan and Anil Kumar Saxena

10 Sustainable Termite Management Using Physical Barriers - Menandro N. Acda

11 Synthetic Insecticides: Backbone in Termite Management - Bishwajeet Paul, Sharda Singh, Shankarganesh K and Md. Aslam Khan

12 Termites and Standards Norms in Wood Protection: A Proposal Targeting Drywood Termites- Lara Maistrello

13 Biotechnology: A Tool in Termite Management - S. Tariq Ahmad, Shabnum Nabi and Qazi Humera

The proposed volume once published will be the only available book in the market which will provide a detailed knowledge on termites management

No other book on termites deals with all sustainable methods together

This volume is expected to be of great help to our post-graduate students and researchers in plant protection.