Mealybugs and their Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops

INTRODUCTION.- Part I - Mealybugs.- 1.- Mealybugs.- 2. Cytogenetics.- 3. Taxonomy.- 4. Molecular identification of mealybugs.- 5. Biology.- 6. Culturing of mealybugs.- 7. Mode of Spread of Mealybugs.- 8. Damage.- 9. Mealybugs As Vectors - 10. Economic Importance.- 11. Ecology.- 12. Natural enemies of Mealybugs.- 13. Semiochemicals in Mealybugs.- 14. Ant Association.- 15. Methods of control.- 16. Instecticide Resistance and its Management in Mealybugs.- 17. Mealybug Alikes.- PART II - Management of mealybugs in Agricultural and Horticultural crops.- 18. Rice.- 19. Wheat.- 20. Barley.- 21. Groundnut.- 22. Sunflower.- 23. Pulses.- 24. Soybean.- 25. Cotton.- 26. Jute and allied fibre crops.- 27. Sugarcane.- 28. Fruits: Apple.- 29. Pears.- 30. Plum.- 31. Peaches.- 32. Persimmon.- 33. Passion Fruit.- 34. Apricot.- 35. Pistachio and almond.- 36. Strawberry.- 37. Grapes.- 38. Citrus.- 39. Guava.- 40. Mango.- 41. Papaya.- 42. Pineapple.- 43. Avocodo.- 44. Banana.- 45. Sapota.- 46. Pomegranate.- 47. Ber.- 48. Custard Apple.- 49. Phalsa.- 50. Litchi.- 51. Jackfruit.- 52. Vegetable Crops.- 53. Tuber Crops.- 54. Ornamental Plants.- 55. Orchids.- 56. Medicinal plants .- 57. Plantation Crops.- 58. Rubber.- 59. Cashew. - 60. Oil Palm.- 61. Spices.- 62. Mulberry.- 63. Tobacco.- 64. Jatropa.- 65. Forage crops and grasses.- 66. Forest Plants.- 67. Glass, Green and Poly House Crops.- 68. Root Mealybugs.

Dr. M. Mani is an agricultural scientist with over 35 years of R&D experience in the entomological research. He has served in Indian council of Agricultural Research and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. His focal subject is pest control in horticultural crops including grapes.He has done wok on mealybugs for 35 years. Currently he is an Emeritus professor of ICAR, New Delhi. He got seven awards including life time achievement for his contribution to the research in horticulture entomology. He is associated with five scientific bodies. The author has published two books in 2013. 1. "A Wonder Predator (Cryptolaemus)" by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing Company, Germany 2. "The Grape Entomology" by Springer.

Dr. C. Shivaraju has worked extensively on insects infesting several agricultural and horticultural crops in Indian Institute of Horticultural Research and National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects both located at Bangalore. Particularly, he contributed significantly in research on eucalyptus and papaya pest management. He has co-authored two books - "A Wonder Predator (Cryptolaemus)" and "The Grape Entomology".