Natural Resource Management: Ecological Perspectives

This book is an outcome of the keynote/lead papers presented in the Indian Ecological Society International Conference 2016 on "Natural Resource Management: Ecological Perspectives", organized at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, India. The book captures the essence of natural resource management from the interdisciplinary perspectives of agricultural sciences (entomology, plant pathology, plant breeding and genetics, agronomy and extension education), social sciences (resource economics, extension education), medical sciences, environmental sciences and civil engineering. The book covers wide ranging topics on land and water resources, biodiversity, integrated farming system, climate change and its impact on human health and crop pests, exploiting chemical ecology for pest management, human disease-causing pesticides, integrated pest management, resistance management in insect pests and Bt cotton, and diffusion and adoption of sustainable technologies. The book will serve the professionals, researchers, academia, government, industry and students.