Next Generation Crop Protection for Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security

This book is a comprehensive compilation on the integrated approaches and strategies for sustainable crop protection and food security. It covers a wide range of topics, which includes, the significance of insect diversity in fostering sustainable agriculture, adopting a multi-omics approach to enhance insect management practices, implementing next-generation strategies for a more environment-friendly future, harnessing genomic selection and prediction methods to protect commercial crops, employing RNAi technology for targeted insect control, integrating biological control systems into the agricultural industry, assessing the impact of invasive alien insect species and devising effective strategies to mitigate them, and leveraging green chemistry methods for sustainable pest and insect management. The purpose of this volume is to provide inclusive coverage of various holistic approaches and strategies aimed at promoting agricultural sustainability and ensuring food security through crop protection. It aims to educate readers, whether they are policymakers, researchers, or students, about the importance of adopting holistic approaches of crop protection to address the challenges facing agriculture and food security in today's world. Key Features: Highlights the latest crop protection technologies and next-generation strategies for a greener future Reviews the management of major diseases under changing climatic scenario for sustainable food and nutritional security Proposes a multi-omics approach for sustainable insect management practices Reviews the utilization of genomic selection and prediction methods for safeguarding commercial crops Discusses the impact of invasive alien insect species and strategies for their management