Integrated Pest Management

Dharam Abrol serves as Professor and Head of the Division of Entomology at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu India. He has been engaging in teaching and research in entomology for over 35 years. Dr. Abrol has vast experience and expertise on honeybee management, pollination biology, bee ecology, toxicology, economic entomology and pest management. He has chaired and presented at national and international symposia/conferences and serves as a referee for national and international journals. He has written or edited 11 books and published over 200 original research papers, 10 reviews, 10 book chapters and over 64 popular articles on honeybee diseases pollination biology, toxicology and integrated pest management

• SECTION 1: ECOLOGY OF PEST MANAGEMENT1. Ecology of Pest Management2. Host plant resistance in pest management3. Impact of climate change on pests and pest management: Implications for crop production and food security4. Application of remote sensing in integrated pest management5. Weather-based pest forecasting for efficient crop protection6. Forecasting of Colorado potato beetle development by means of computer aided system SIMLEP Decision Support SystemSECTION 2: CHEMICAL CONTROL OF CROP PESTS7. Role of semiochemicals in integrated pest management8. Pesticides appled for the control of invasive species in the United States9. Potential and utilization of natural products in pest controlSECTION 3: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CROP PESTS10. Biological control of insect pests in crops11. Use of pheromones in insect pest management12. Role of entomopathogenic fungi in IPM13. Entomopathogenic nematodes for insect pest control14. Entomopathogenic viruses and bacteria for insect pest control15. Biological Control of Weeds by Plant Pathogens Using the Bioherbicide Approach16. Biological control of invasive insect pests17. Use of spiders as natural enemies to control insect pests18. Cultural practices and physical methods for the management of insect pestsSECTION 4: BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF CROP PESTS19. Biotechnological approaches for insect pest management20. Biotechnological approaches for non-insect pest management21. Genetically modified crops in IPM: agricultural, ecological, and evolutionary implications22. Breeding of crops for resistance against insect pests and diseasesSECTION 5: MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES RELATED TO CROP PEST MANAGEMENT23. Integrated management of rodent pests 24. Ecofriendly management of phytophagous mites25. Risk to biodiversity by exotic species introduced for biological control26. The critical role of taxonomy in IPM—Challenges and opportunities27. IPM Extension: A Global Overview28. Future of integrated pest management in the 21st century, whither or wither—A critical analysis