Sustainable Pest Management Practices: Harnessing Green Technologies is a comprehensive and forward-looking resource that addresses modern challenges in crop protection through eco-friendly and technology-driven approaches. The book presents a systematic understanding of sustainable pest management (SPM), emphasizing the balance between effective pest control and environmental conservation. It integrates principles of agroecology, biodiversity enhancement, and reduced reliance on chemical pesticides to promote long-term agricultural sustainability.

Organized into five well-structured sections, the book covers foundational principles, innovative tools and techniques, the role of biomolecules, ecosystem-based pest management strategies, and non-chemical control methods. It highlights advanced interventions such as artificial intelligence, IoT, nanotechnology, and green technologies that are transforming pest management practices.

The book also includes practical insights into managing pests across diverse cropping systems such as fruits, vegetables, plantation crops, and field crops. Case studies and research contributions from global experts make it both scientifically rich and application-oriented.

Designed for students, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, this book serves as an essential guide for developing sustainable, efficient, and environmentally responsible pest management strategies in modern agriculture.

Chapter 1. Sustainable Pest Management Practices: Principles
A.K. Chakravarthy, P.R. Shashank, K.V. Prakash, B. Tambat and Pramod Katti

Chapter 2. Prospects for Sustainable Management of Select Pest Situations
A.K. Chakravarthy, P.R. Shashank, B. Tambat and A. Usha Nandini

Chapter 3. Role of Pheromones in Integrated Pest Management
Swetha V.P., Sainath G. Anil Kumar and Subba Reddy B.V.

Chapter 4. Toxicity and Enzymatic Inhibitory Activity of Cyanobacterial Extracts of Spirulina sp. and Nostoc muscorum in Spodoptera frugiperda
Sharanappa C.H., Bheemanna M., Prabhuraj A., Harischandra Naik R., Nagaraj M. Naik and Saroja N. Rao

Chapter 5. Significance of Internet of Things (IoT) in Crop Protection: Scope and Challenges
Nitin K.S., Somu R. and Chirag Reddy M.

Chapter 6. Nanotechnology Driven Solutions for Insect Pest Management
Bharati Jambunatha Patil, Pramod Katti and G. Sham Supreeth

Chapter 7. Ecological Engineering and Sustainable Pest Management
Suraj Sarkar and Suprakash Pal

Chapter 8. Polyphenols in Plant Defence against Insects
Sateesh Reddy Kaluvai, Harshita Srinivas Thota, Alamuru Krishna Chaitanya, Sangya Onkara Naik and Sunil Kumaraswamy

Chapter 9. Pest Management through Plant Nutrition
Ashwathnarayana Reddy

Chapter 10. Non-Chemical Methods of Pest Management in Cashew
K. Vanitha, H. Rajashekara and T.N. Raviprasad

Chapter 11. Chemical-Free Integrated Methods for the Management of Legume Pests
M. Revathi and V. Selvanarayanan

Chapter 12. Non-chemical Practices of Pest and Disease Management of Major Crops in Vietnam
H.T. Loc, D.T. Linh, L.Q. Dien and A.K. Chakravarthy

Chapter 13. Management of Stored Grain Pests without Chemicals
Kariyanna B., Sunil Kumaraswamy, Chaitanya B., Police-Patil and Sai Pooja

Chapter 14. Termites: Pest of Tea Gardens in South East Asia and Ecofriendly Management Strategies
Debrishi Modak, Sourajit Bayen, Somnath Roy, Kaushik Chakraborty, Azariah Babu and Ananda Mukhopadhyay

Chapter 15. Zero Chemical Tools for the Suppression of Pink Bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) on Cotton
Kariyanna B., Swetha V.P. and Akshatha G.

Chapter 16. Artificial Intelligence Based Smart Integrated Pest Management
A.K. Chakravarthy, ShivaKumar Veerlapati, Basavaraju B.S., A. Usha Nandini and B. Tambat

Chapter 17. Biological Practices for the Suppression of Notorious Pest Leucinodes orbonalis in Brinjal Ecosystem
Kariyanna B., Arun Kumar K.M. and Eurekha Savadatti

Chapter 18. Non-pesticidal Methods and Tools for White Grubs Management in Tropics
K.V. Prakash and D. Rajanna

Chapter 19. Light Traps: An Effective IPM Tool
V. Sridhar, S. Onkara Naik and K. Sunil

Chapter 20. Eco-Friendly Management of Insect Pests in Fruit Crops
Sandeep Singh et al.

Chapter 21. Biocontrol of Pests Using Predaceous Coccinellids
Ahmad Pervez and Meena Yadav

Chapter 22. Use of Insect Acoustic Signals for Pest Management
GKMMK Ranaweera, ADNT Kumara, Basana Gowda G. and ANM Mubarak