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It is an edited book with chapters written by multi-disciplinary specialists in their specific subject areas. It covers development of IPM components and packaging them for individual vegetable crops specifically targeted to tropical countries. Scientific background for IPM components or tactics will be included. There will be case studies of IPM packages developed and implemented in different countries. The concept of IPM has been in existence for the past six decades; however, a practical holistic program has not been developed and implemented for vegetable crops, in the developing countries.   Currently the IPM adoption rate in the tropics is minimal and there is a need for implementation of IPM technologies that are environmentally safe, economical, and socially acceptable. We believe that adoption and implementation of IPM provided in this book will lead to significant reduction in crop losses and mitigate adverse impacts of pesticide use in the tropics. This book is an outcome 20 years of research, development and implementation of the IPM CRSP, a project supported by USAID and administered by Virginia Tech in several developing countries along the tropical belt in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Integrated Pest Management of Tropical Vegetable Crops

1. Food and Environmental Security May 23, 20162. IPM Packages for  Developing Countries3. Virus Diseases of Tropical Vegetable Crops and their Management4. Exploring the Potential of Trichoderma for the Management of Seed and Soil-Borne Diseases5. Physical, Mechanical and Cultural Control of Vegetable Insects6. Integrated Pest Management of Cruciferous Vegetables7. IPM Packages for Naranjilla-Sustainable Production in an Environmentally Fragile Region8. Integrated Pest Management of Okra in India9. Integrated Pest Management for Onion in India10.IPM technologies for potato producers in highland Ecuador11.Integrated Pest Management of Vegetable Crops in Bangladesh12.Development and Dissemination of Vegetable IPM practices and packages in Nepal13.IPM Vegetable Systems in Uganda14.Impacts of IPM on Vegetable Production in the Tropics