Dr. A.K.Chakravarthy, Head, Principal Scientist, Division of Entomology and Nematology is an author of many books and over 300 scientific papers and 25 chapters in Entomology and natural history. His interest includes Insects, birds, bats, rodents and mammals. With over three decades of experience of teaching, research and extension. Dr. Chakravarthy has been the investigator for over 30 research projects and has guided more than 20 students for post graduation. A PhD, from Punjab Agriculture University and Fellow from IARI, New Delhi, he is a member of several National and International scientific academia, an advisor, a panelist, a referee, reviewer, editor and he is associated with publication of several national and international journals worldwide. A field orientated, widely travelled biologist, he is actively working on novel approaches in Integrated Pest management, Host Plant Interaction, vertebrate pest management, Biodiversity and environmental conservation issues. Recently he has published a book entitled “New Horizons in Insect Science: Towards Sustainable Pest Management” with springer, the book will ready by January, 2015.Professor Shakunthala Sridhara obtained her B.Sc (1967)., M.Sc. (1969) and Ph.D.(1973) from Bangalore University, Bangalore. In late 1973 she joined the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. From 1973 to 2007 she taught and carried out research on plant protection. After retiring as Professor and Head, Dr. Sridhara was selected as Emeritus Scientist of Indian Council of Agricultural research, New Delhi for a period of two years. (May 2007 to April 2009). Currently she is a consultant to pesticide companies and is also busy writing scientific books for reputed national and international publishers. During her 38 years of research, Dr. Sridhara has published 132 research papers, participated and presented 87 research papers in national and international conferences in United Kingdom, USA,Austria, Germany, Spain and Hawai. So far she has published ten books on pest management in agricultural systems including arthropods.

“It chiefly covers the status, function, importance and control of insects and other Arthropods in agricultural systems. … there is clearly a huge amount of valuable and interesting information in this book, which is an important reference work. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. … there are a number of colour plates of Arthropods and their habitats.” (Tom Brereton, Journal of Insect Conservation, Vol. 21, 2017)

• 1. Arthropods: Evolution and EcologyA. K. Chakravarthy, Vasudev Kammar and P. R. Shashank2. Soil biodiversity and arthropods: Role in soil fertilityD. J. Bagyaraj, C. J. Nethravathi and K. S. Nitin3. Butterfly Communities of Ritchie’s Archipelago in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: Implications for Conservation of Arthropods and Their HabitatsC. Sivaperuman and K. Venkataraman4. Documenting Arthropods in select Wild and Cultivated Ecosystems in Iran and KuwaitA. A. Seraj, M. Esfandiari and Wasmia Al-Houty5. An Appraisal of Select Insect Taxa in Sri LankaJ. P. Edirisinghe, W. A. I. P. Karunaratne, I. I. Hemachandra, N. R. Gunawardene and C. M. D. Bambaradeniya6. Utility of arthropods by indigenous communities: Sustaining natural resources M. Jayashankar, M. Charles, Vijeth V. Arya and Jayalaxmi Hegde7. Insects as human foodA. K. Chakravarthy, G. T. Jayasimha, R. R. Rachana and G. Rohini8. Arthropod communities on Rice: A blend of terrestrial and aquatic species L. Vijay Kumar, K. S. Nitin and Rajendra Prasad9. Arthropods on cotton: A comparison between Bt and non-Bt cottonA.  K. Chakravarthy, Manja Naik and T. N. Madhu 10. Arthropod Biodiversity on Jute and Allied Fibre CropsK. Selvaraj, B. S. Gotyal, S. P. Gawande, S. Satpathy and S. K. Sarkar 11. Arthropod Diversity and Management in Legume Based Cropping Systems in the TropicsV. Sridhar and L. S. Vinesh12. Arthropod diversity in non-leguminous vegetable cropsN. R. Prasannakumar, K. P. Kumar and A. T. Rani13. Diversity of Mites on Vegetable crops, Kerala, South India: Documentation for Conserving Predatory and other Beneficial Mites on VegetablesK. V. Binisha, Haseena Bhaskar and Sosamma Jacob14. Arthropod Communities Associated with Mango (Mangifera indica L.): Diversity and InteractionsPoluru Venkata Rami Reddy and Kolla Sreedevi15. Arthropod communities on cashew: A perennial reservoir of species assemblagesP.S. Bhat, K. Vanitha, T.N. Raviprasad and K. K. Srikumar16. The Coconut Mite: Current Global Scenario N. S. Aratchige, A. D. N. T. Kumara and N. I. Suwandharathne 17. Arthropod communities in coffee: Reflecting tropical forest arthropod communities N. E. Thyagaraj, Manjunath Reddy, B. Doddabasappa and S. Onkara Naik18. Arthropod Pests and Natural Enemies Communities in Tea Ecosystems of IndiaNarayanannair Muraleedharan and Somnath Roy19. Forest Arthropod Communities in India: Their role and ConservationG. Mathew, K. P. Kumar and M. Chandrashekhariah20. Awareness on Pesticide Residues in Food Crops: A ChallengeG. V. Ranga Rao, B. Ratna Kumari, K. L. Sahrawat and S. P. Wani

Dr. A.K.Chakravarthy, Head, Principal Scientist, Division of Entomology and Nematology is an author of many books and over 300 scientific papers and 25 chapters in Entomology and natural history. His interest includes Insects, birds, bats, rodents and mammals. With over three decades of experience of teaching, research and extension. Dr. Chakravarthy has been the investigator for over 30 research projects and has guided more than 20 students for post graduation. A PhD, from Punjab Agriculture University and Fellow from IARI, New Delhi, he is a member of several National and International scientific academia, an advisor, a panelist, a referee, reviewer, editor and he is associated with publication of several national and international journals worldwide. A field orientated, widely travelled biologist, he is actively working on novel approaches in Integrated Pest management, Host Plant Interaction, vertebrate pest management, Biodiversity and environmental conservation issues. Recently he has published a book entitled “New Horizons in Insect Science: Towards Sustainable Pest Management” with springer, the book will ready by January, 2015.Professor Shakunthala Sridhara obtained her B.Sc (1967)., M.Sc. (1969) and Ph.D.(1973) from Bangalore University, Bangalore. In late 1973 she joined the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. From 1973 to 2007 she taught and carried out research on plant protection. After retiring as Professor and Head, Dr. Sridhara was selected as Emeritus Scientist of Indian Council of Agricultural research, New Delhi for a period of two years. (May 2007 to April 2009). Currently she is a consultant to pesticide companies and is also busy writing scientific books for reputed national and international publishers. During her 38 years of research, Dr. Sridhara has published 132 research papers, participated and presented 87 research papers in national and international conferences in United Kingdom, USA,Austria, Germany, Spain and Hawai. So far she has published ten books on pest management in agricultural systems including arthropods.

“It chiefly covers the status, function, importance and control of insects and other Arthropods in agricultural systems. … there is clearly a huge amount of valuable and interesting information in this book, which is an important reference work. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. … there are a number of colour plates of Arthropods and their habitats.” (Tom Brereton, Journal of Insect Conservation, Vol. 21, 2017)

• 1. Arthropods: Evolution and EcologyA. K. Chakravarthy, Vasudev Kammar and P. R. Shashank2. Soil biodiversity and arthropods: Role in soil fertilityD. J. Bagyaraj, C. J. Nethravathi and K. S. Nitin3. Butterfly Communities of Ritchie’s Archipelago in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: Implications for Conservation of Arthropods and Their HabitatsC. Sivaperuman and K. Venkataraman4. Documenting Arthropods in select Wild and Cultivated Ecosystems in Iran and KuwaitA. A. Seraj, M. Esfandiari and Wasmia Al-Houty5. An Appraisal of Select Insect Taxa in Sri LankaJ. P. Edirisinghe, W. A. I. P. Karunaratne, I. I. Hemachandra, N. R. Gunawardene and C. M. D. Bambaradeniya6. Utility of arthropods by indigenous communities: Sustaining natural resources M. Jayashankar, M. Charles, Vijeth V. Arya and Jayalaxmi Hegde7. Insects as human foodA. K. Chakravarthy, G. T. Jayasimha, R. R. Rachana and G. Rohini8. Arthropod communities on Rice: A blend of terrestrial and aquatic species L. Vijay Kumar, K. S. Nitin and Rajendra Prasad9. Arthropods on cotton: A comparison between Bt and non-Bt cottonA.  K. Chakravarthy, Manja Naik and T. N. Madhu 10. Arthropod Biodiversity on Jute and Allied Fibre CropsK. Selvaraj, B. S. Gotyal, S. P. Gawande, S. Satpathy and S. K. Sarkar 11. Arthropod Diversity and Management in Legume Based Cropping Systems in the TropicsV. Sridhar and L. S. Vinesh12. Arthropod diversity in non-leguminous vegetable cropsN. R. Prasannakumar, K. P. Kumar and A. T. Rani13. Diversity of Mites on Vegetable crops, Kerala, South India: Documentation for Conserving Predatory and other Beneficial Mites on VegetablesK. V. Binisha, Haseena Bhaskar and Sosamma Jacob14. Arthropod Communities Associated with Mango (Mangifera indica L.): Diversity and InteractionsPoluru Venkata Rami Reddy and Kolla Sreedevi15. Arthropod communities on cashew: A perennial reservoir of species assemblagesP.S. Bhat, K. Vanitha, T.N. Raviprasad and K. K. Srikumar16. The Coconut Mite: Current Global Scenario N. S. Aratchige, A. D. N. T. Kumara and N. I. Suwandharathne 17. Arthropod communities in coffee: Reflecting tropical forest arthropod communities N. E. Thyagaraj, Manjunath Reddy, B. Doddabasappa and S. Onkara Naik18. Arthropod Pests and Natural Enemies Communities in Tea Ecosystems of IndiaNarayanannair Muraleedharan and Somnath Roy19. Forest Arthropod Communities in India: Their role and ConservationG. Mathew, K. P. Kumar and M. Chandrashekhariah20. Awareness on Pesticide Residues in Food Crops: A ChallengeG. V. Ranga Rao, B. Ratna Kumari, K. L. Sahrawat and S. P. Wani

Dr. A.K.Chakravarthy, Head, Principal Scientist, Division of Entomology and Nematology is an author of many books and over 300 scientific papers and 25 chapters in Entomology and natural history. His interest includes Insects, birds, bats, rodents and mammals. With over three decades of experience of teaching, research and extension. Dr. Chakravarthy has been the investigator for over 30 research projects and has guided more than 20 students for post graduation. A PhD, from Punjab Agriculture University and Fellow from IARI, New Delhi, he is a member of several National and International scientific academia, an advisor, a panelist, a referee, reviewer, editor and he is associated with publication of several national and international journals worldwide. A field orientated, widely travelled biologist, he is actively working on novel approaches in Integrated Pest management, Host Plant Interaction, vertebrate pest management, Biodiversity and environmental conservation issues. Recently he has published a book entitled “New Horizons in Insect Science: Towards Sustainable Pest Management” with springer, the book will ready by January, 2015.Professor Shakunthala Sridhara obtained her B.Sc (1967)., M.Sc. (1969) and Ph.D.(1973) from Bangalore University, Bangalore. In late 1973 she joined the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. From 1973 to 2007 she taught and carried out research on plant protection. After retiring as Professor and Head, Dr. Sridhara was selected as Emeritus Scientist of Indian Council of Agricultural research, New Delhi for a period of two years. (May 2007 to April 2009). Currently she is a consultant to pesticide companies and is also busy writing scientific books for reputed national and international publishers. During her 38 years of research, Dr. Sridhara has published 132 research papers, participated and presented 87 research papers in national and international conferences in United Kingdom, USA,Austria, Germany, Spain and Hawai. So far she has published ten books on pest management in agricultural systems including arthropods.

“It chiefly covers the status, function, importance and control of insects and other Arthropods in agricultural systems. … there is clearly a huge amount of valuable and interesting information in this book, which is an important reference work. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. … there are a number of colour plates of Arthropods and their habitats.” (Tom Brereton, Journal of Insect Conservation, Vol. 21, 2017)

• 1. Arthropods: Evolution and EcologyA. K. Chakravarthy, Vasudev Kammar and P. R. Shashank2. Soil biodiversity and arthropods: Role in soil fertilityD. J. Bagyaraj, C. J. Nethravathi and K. S. Nitin3. Butterfly Communities of Ritchie’s Archipelago in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India: Implications for Conservation of Arthropods and Their HabitatsC. Sivaperuman and K. Venkataraman4. Documenting Arthropods in select Wild and Cultivated Ecosystems in Iran and KuwaitA. A. Seraj, M. Esfandiari and Wasmia Al-Houty5. An Appraisal of Select Insect Taxa in Sri LankaJ. P. Edirisinghe, W. A. I. P. Karunaratne, I. I. Hemachandra, N. R. Gunawardene and C. M. D. Bambaradeniya6. Utility of arthropods by indigenous communities: Sustaining natural resources M. Jayashankar, M. Charles, Vijeth V. Arya and Jayalaxmi Hegde7. Insects as human foodA. K. Chakravarthy, G. T. Jayasimha, R. R. Rachana and G. Rohini8. Arthropod communities on Rice: A blend of terrestrial and aquatic species L. Vijay Kumar, K. S. Nitin and Rajendra Prasad9. Arthropods on cotton: A comparison between Bt and non-Bt cottonA.  K. Chakravarthy, Manja Naik and T. N. Madhu 10. Arthropod Biodiversity on Jute and Allied Fibre CropsK. Selvaraj, B. S. Gotyal, S. P. Gawande, S. Satpathy and S. K. Sarkar 11. Arthropod Diversity and Management in Legume Based Cropping Systems in the TropicsV. Sridhar and L. S. Vinesh12. Arthropod diversity in non-leguminous vegetable cropsN. R. Prasannakumar, K. P. Kumar and A. T. Rani13. Diversity of Mites on Vegetable crops, Kerala, South India: Documentation for Conserving Predatory and other Beneficial Mites on VegetablesK. V. Binisha, Haseena Bhaskar and Sosamma Jacob14. Arthropod Communities Associated with Mango (Mangifera indica L.): Diversity and InteractionsPoluru Venkata Rami Reddy and Kolla Sreedevi15. Arthropod communities on cashew: A perennial reservoir of species assemblagesP.S. Bhat, K. Vanitha, T.N. Raviprasad and K. K. Srikumar16. The Coconut Mite: Current Global Scenario N. S. Aratchige, A. D. N. T. Kumara and N. I. Suwandharathne 17. Arthropod communities in coffee: Reflecting tropical forest arthropod communities N. E. Thyagaraj, Manjunath Reddy, B. Doddabasappa and S. Onkara Naik18. Arthropod Pests and Natural Enemies Communities in Tea Ecosystems of IndiaNarayanannair Muraleedharan and Somnath Roy19. Forest Arthropod Communities in India: Their role and ConservationG. Mathew, K. P. Kumar and M. Chandrashekhariah20. Awareness on Pesticide Residues in Food Crops: A ChallengeG. V. Ranga Rao, B. Ratna Kumari, K. L. Sahrawat and S. P. Wani