1st Edition
Insect Diversity and Ecosystem Services Volume 2: Environmental Indicators, Molecular Approaches, and Management Strategies
This new innovative work on insects and their impact on the ecosystem covers the role of insects in environmental pollution, their use in sustainable agricultural services, and the industrial, forensic, and medical applications of insects and their pure products. The book also covers the entomological and molecular aspects of insects, identifies the gaps in the research, and looks at integrated management strategies for pests.
Volume 1: Importance, Threats, Conservation, and Economic Perspectives, reviews the different insect orders regarding their diversity and importance in providing free ecological services and discusses the diversity patterns of world biogeographic zones and how insects contribute to maintaining ecological diversity.
Volume 2: Environmental Indicators, Molecular Approaches, and Management Strategies discusses the roleof insects environmental indicators, the effect of pesticides on insect diversity, strategies to control the diversity of insects, medical and forensic importance of insects, exploring new insect species through DNA barcoding, integrated pest management, the role of insect population in agriculture, and eco-friendly pest management approaches, etc.
Some topics covered in the book include:
- Role of insects for the sustainable agricultural development
- Commercial importance of insects and their products
- Food additive roles of insects and formulation of remedies for the reduction of disease pathogenesis
- Management strategies for pest control
Some specific topics include colony collapse disorder of managed honey bee (Apis mellifera l.) populations, insects as strong crime indicator tools in forensic sciences, insect-based value-added products, and more.
Together, these two volumes offer important information for researchers, academicians, scientists, industrialists, teachers, entomologists, and students for understanding the contribution of insects towards the sustainability of the ecosystem.
Foreword by M. S. Saini
1. Insects as Environmental Indicators
Zulaykha Khurshid Dijoo, Shahnawaz Hassan, and Humaira
2. Impact of Environmental Pollution on Diversity of Insects: A Case Study of Some Major Insect Orders
Rasy Fayaz Choh Wani and Ishteyaq Majeed Shah
3. Pesticide Pollution: Potential Risk to Insect Pollinators and Possible Management Strategies
Mohd Salim Reshi, Tariq Ahmad Sheikh, Darakhshan Javaid, Shahid Yousuf Ganie, Manzoor Ahmad Ganie, and Misbah Ajaz Malik
4. Colony Collapse Disorder of Managed Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Populations
Sajad A. Ganie, Zul-Nuran Haifa, M. A. Paray, Parveena Bano, Rizwana Khurshid, and Sheikh Aafreen Rehman
5. Insects as Strong Crime Indicator Tools in Forensic Sciences
Pawandeep Kaur and Madhu Bala
6. Generating the DNA Barcodes of Indian Caddisflies (Trichoptera: Insecta): A Way Forward
Aquib Majeed, Zahid Hussian, Tabaraq Ali, Misbah Ajaz Malik, Pm Osman Javid, and Sajad H. Parey
7. Desert Locust (Schistocera gregaria) Migration in India: Strategies and Controlling Measures
Taslima Sheikh and Afaq Ahmad Dar
8. Medical Entomology: Advanced Applications and Future Prospects
Younis Ahmad Hajam, Rajesh Kumar, Mohd Salim Reshi, and Seema Rai
9. Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Control Measures and Economic Assessment
Indu Kumari, Younis Ahamd Hajam, and Rajesh Kumar
10. Recent Advances in Entomological Research Towards Agriculture and Human Health
Tabaraq Ali, Zahid Hussain, Aquib Majeed, Rifat H. Raina, and Sajad H. Parey
11. Eco-Friendly Pest Management Strategies for Conservation of Biodiversity
Sajad Ahmad Khan, Sadam Hussain Malik, Inayat Ullah Lone, and Deen Mohd Bhat
12. Advancement in Entomology: Data Retrieval, Challenges, and Strategies for Data Management
Sajad Hussain Mir, Showket Ahmad Dar, and Nusrat Fatimah
Biography
Younis Ahmad Hajam, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Life Sciences and Allied Health Sciences at Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Punjab, India. Dr. Hajam has received national awards for his contributions in biological science. He is an author of research articles and book chapters as well as several books with international publishers. Dr. Hajam has organized, presented, and participated in state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums.
Sajad Hussain Parey, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Zoology in the School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Dr. Parey has published articles in national and international journals and has described more than a hundred new species of caddisflies from the Indian Himalayas. He has also studied caddisflies at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, and Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA.
Rouf Ahmad Bhat, PhD, is working in the Department of School Education, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He is the author of articles and book chapters and has published more than 28 books with international publishers. Dr. Bhat has presented and participated in state, national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposiums. In addition, he has worked as an Associate Environmental Expert in the World Bank-funded Flood Recovery Project and is also on the Environmental Support Staff of Asian Development Bank-funded development projects.
"A wonderful book and a great companion volume for insect and nature lovers. . . Provides a balanced approach among different insect taxa by giving detailed information on insect taxonomy, diversity of aquatic and terrestrial insect fauna, insect-based value-added products, and threats to and conservation of insects for biodiversity sustenance."
—From the Foreword by Akbar Masood, PhD, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University
"An extensive collection of chapters on different key aspects associated with different aspects of insects, such insects as environmental indicators, effect of pesticides on insect diversity, strategies to control diversity of insects, medical and forensic importance of insects, exploration of new insect species through DNA barcoding, integrated pest management, role of insect population in agriculture, and eco-friendly pest management approaches etc. . . . Offer[s] immense benefits to readers of all categories, viz. students and faculty for understanding the services of insect towards the sustainability of ecosystem. . . . An exhaustive compilation of excellent chapters."
—From the Foreword by M. S. Saini, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
