Breeding Insect Resistant Crops for Sustainable Agriculture (eBook, PDF)
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Discusses the latest advances in the field of plant resistance to insects especially the application of molecular biology in developing insect resistant crops Includes a comprehensive chapter on breeding techniques for developing insect resistant crops Covers advances in development of insect resistant cultivars in a wide range of crops including cereals, pulses, oil seeds and horticultural and cash crops

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Discusses the latest advances in the field of plant resistance to insects especially the application of molecular biology in developing insect resistant crops
Includes a comprehensive chapter on breeding techniques for developing insect resistant crops Covers advances in development of insect resistant cultivars in a wide range of crops including cereals, pulses, oil seeds and horticultural and cash crops

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Dr. Ramesh Arora, Professor of Entomology at Eternal University, Baru Sahib, HP, India holds a Ph.D. in Entomology (1990) from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. He also served there for more than 37 years as a researcher in various capacities. His research interests include development and dissemination of IPM in cotton, vegetables, oilseeds and forage crops; and climate resilient pest management. Dr. Arora has nearly 300 publications, including 90 research articles in refereed national and international journals and 100 conference/symposia presentations. He has also authored/edited 14 books on entomology, pest management and sustainable agriculture and contributed 42 book chapters in edited books published by leading publishers. He has been involved in designing course curricula and teaching UG and PG courses in Entomology. He has guided the research work of more than 30 PG students in Entomology, Plant Pathology, Zoology, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Agricultural Biotechnology and Extension Education. Dr. Arora is associated with several professional societies as vice president/ general secretary/ editor-in-chief/ EC member and has served as organizing secretary / co-organizing secretary / member of the organizing committee of more than a dozen international and national conferences/ seminars/ symposia. Dr. Surinder Sandhu is Professor of Plant Breeding at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, Punjab. She received her Ph.D. in Genetics (Minor-Plant Breeding) from PAU, Ludhiana in 1995 and won the prestigious J L Nehru Award for outstanding Post Graduate Research in Agriculture from ICAR, New Delhi. She started her research career as scientist (crop Improvement) (1995-2002) at the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute's Regional Station, Jalandhar. Later, she became a sugarcane breeder (2002-2010) at PAU, Ludhiana. She served as a research scholar at the University of Florida, Gainesville, U.S.A. from December, 2007 to June, 2008. She received the Best Teacher Award (ICAR) for the year 2010-11 and was granted the Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship Award in 2010. Dr. Sandhu has been instrumental in the development of four sugarcane varieties, which were released in the state and two of which were recommended at zonal level. She has published 24 research papers in refereed international and national journals, written three manuals and four book chapters. She was promoted to the position of professor of plant breeding in 2011 and has been In-charge, Oilseeds Section since 2015.