Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has achieved notable success in temperate regions; however, its impact in tropical areas remains less clear. Tropical regions confront distinct obstacles, including weather patterns that affect insect life cycles and pesticide application. By examining current pest conditions, biological and chemical control methods, and emerging technologies, this book offers a comprehensive, research-based overview of IPM in tropical agriculture.

This book will be a valuable resource for entomologists, agronomists, horticulturists, and environmental scientists, as well as those working in nature conservation in the tropics. It is designed to serve as a reference book for students, teachers, researchers, extension professionals, and policy planners involved in insect pest management in tropical regions. Additionally, this book can be used as supplementary reading material in graduate and postgraduate courses.

Part-I

1.    Introduction 2.    Emerging Pest Problems in Tropics 3.    Biological Control of Crop Pests in Tropics 4.    Chemical Control of Insect Pests in the Tropics 5.    Cropping Systems and Integrated Pest Management 6.    Climate Change and Pest Management in Tropics 7.    Emerging Technologies for Tropical Pest Management 8.    Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Vegetable Crops 9.    Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Cereal Crops 10.    Pest Management in Grain Legumes: Potential and Limitations 11.    Integrated Pest Management in Tropical Root and Tuber Crops 12.    Integrated Pest Management in Banana 13.    Integrated Pest Management in Citrus 14.    Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Sugarcane 15.    Integrated Pest Management in Cocoa, Coffee and Tea

Part-II

16.    Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Palms Pests 17.    Integrated Pest Management in Cotton 18.    Integrated Pest Management in Plantation Crops—    Cashew and Rubber 19.    Insect Sex Pheromones in Integrated Pest Management 20.    Chemical Ecology in Pest Control 21.    Plant Chemicals in Insect Plant Interactions 22.    Ecology of Pest Management in Tropics 23.    Cultural and Physical Methods for Integrated Pest     Management in Tropics 24.    Taxonomy as a Tool for Successful Future of     Integrated Pest Management 25.    Statistical Techniques for Insect-Pest Management 26.    Future of Integrated Pest Management in Tropics—    A Critical Analysis