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Advances in Entomology: Proceedings of International Conference on Entomology, February 20-22, 2009

 
Jagbir Singh Kirti (Editor) Ashwani Kumar (Editor)
Synopsis

In the animal kingdom, insects occupy a prime position by their sheer numbers. More than one million species are known and described and many unknown taxa are yet to be discovered. High diversity these wonderful creatures present in terms of their shapes, sizes, colours and functions is truly fascinating. An innumerable number of species of insects are harmful agricultural pests and vectors of disease pathogens in animals and humans on the one hand and on the other they are highly useful and economically hugely important as pollinators of crops, predators of pests, producers of honey, silk and lac, etc. It is amazing how remarkably well organized is the social behaviour of honey bees, ants and termites, which is rarely encountered in other animals even in the advanced ones. It is strikingly interesting how these social insects transmit chemical signals to each other at a remarkably fast speed in their well organized colonies. All these attributes of insects make them fascinating subjects for scientific investigation. Human interest in insects covers vast spectrum from control of harmful ones to preserve and propagate the economically important and useful species. The field of entomology is therefore very interesting and rewarding profession.

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About the author

Ashwani Kumar

Ashwani Kumar, a Congress Party member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab, and Chairman, AICC Vichar Vibhag, is a practicing Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court and was appointed Additional Solicitor General of India in 1990 at the age of 37. He has appeared before the Court in landmark cases which include the Bhopal Gas case, the Gujarat Presidential Reference case and the recently decided Electoral Reforms case. At 33, he first represented India as a non-official member of the Indian Delegation to the UN General Assembly in1986 and later again in 1996. Ashwani Kumar ahs also served as a Spokesperson of the Congress Party and as member of the Congress Party's Economic Policy Introspection Group. He has travelled extensively and was as Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. He has also lectured at the University of Nice. He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of Parliament on Commerce and has also served as a member of the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy. Ashwani Kumar is the son of Late Prabodh Chandra, a veteran freedom fighter, distinguished parliamentarian and Congress leader from Punjab.

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Bibliographic information

Title Advances in Entomology: Proceedings of International Conference on Entomology, February 20-22, 2009
Format Hardcover
Date published: 31.12.2010
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Punjabi University
Language: English
isbn 9788184572599
length viii+288p., Illustrations; Maps; 24cm.