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Title
Industrial entomology / Omkar, editor.
ISBN
9789811033049 (electronic book)
9811033048 (electronic book)
9789811033032
981103303X
9811033048 (electronic book)
9789811033032
981103303X
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-10-3304-9 doi
Call Number
QL463
Dewey Decimal Classification
595.7
Summary
This book is a compilation of writings focused on conventional and unconventional insect products. Some of these products are commercials successes, while others are waiting to be launched and are the potential produce of the future. In addition to the well known products honey, mulberry silk, and lac, the book primarily concentrates on silk producing insects other than the mulberry silkworm, insects as food, as sources of medicines, pest and weed managers, and as pollinators. The book highlights the all pervasive role of insects in improving human lives at multiple levels. Accordingly, while most books on insects concentrate on how to limit growth in their population, it instead focuses on how to propagate them. In each chapter, the book brings to the fore how insects are far more beneficial to us than their well publicised harmful roles. This book approaches both unconventional and conventional insect products, such as honey, silk and lac in much more depth than the available literature. It investigates different aspects of the production of these insects, such as the related processes, problems and utilities, in dedicated chapters. Because this book deals with the production of insects or their produce, it has been named Industrial Entomology, perhaps the only book that truly reveals the tremendous potential of insects to help humans live better lives. Based on the research and working experience of the contributors, who are global experts in their respective fields, it provides authentic, authoritative and updated information on these topics. The book offers a unique guide for students, teachers, policy planners, small scale industrialists, and government ministries of agriculture and industry across the globe. It will provide a much required stimulus to insect appreciation and generate enthusiasm for research and the broader acceptance for insect produce. Hopefully, it will also present the Indian perspective on these topics to a global readership.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Online resource, title from PDF title page (viewed February 22, 2017).
Added Author
Omkar, editor.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9789811033032
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