The book Innovative Biotic Stress Management Strategies is an attempt to comprehend and consolidate the scattered knowledge on Biotic Stress Management. The books would not only serve as a reference but also as a guide and inspiration for shaping future research on Biotic Stress Management Strategies. The book will prove useful to all those working on innovative ideas for the control of pests. The scientists, teachers, students, scholars, administrators and policy makers dealing with Biotic Stress Management, Strategies in climate change will be useful and informative.

Dr. C. Chattopadhyay completed his PhD from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Presently he is the Director of the ICAR: National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management (NCIPM), New Delhi, India. He is a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Indian Phytopathological Society, etc. has been conferred several awards [Vividhlaxi Audyogik Samshodhan Vikas Kendra (VASVIK) award for Agricultural Sciences & Technology, 2004; Hexamar Agricultural Research and Development Foundation (HARDF) Award, Indian Society Oilseeds Research, 2005; Prof V.P. Bhide Memorial Award, Indian Society Mycology Plant Pathology, 2010; Dodla Raghava Reddy Memorial Gold Medal, Plant Protection Association of India, 2016, etc.], holds one patent, has more than 25 years of research experience, published more than 89 research papers in reputed journals apart from eight books. His salient contributions include research in Integrated Pest Management in oilseed, pulse, vegetable crops, disease forecasting (including by use of Remote Sensing), host resistance to crop diseases, etc. He has mentored 5 PhD, 7 MSc students. Dr. Rashid Pervez working as Senior Scientist at Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut (Kerala) on the management of insect pests of spices crops through entomopathogenic nematodes (EPN). He has made significant contributions to science and agriculture in the field of plant protection specially management of nematodes and insect pests infesting pulse and spice crops from past 15 years. He started the research work at AMU, Aligarh in 1993 on the biological control of nematodes. Dr. Pervez innovative research on behaviour and biological control of nematodes has yielded him M. Phil. and Ph. D. degrees in 1995 and 1999, respectively Two heat tolerant new species of EPN and 5 new species of EPN have been described. One new artificial media based on low cost and locally available ingredients has been synthesized for the mass production of the entomopathogenic nematodes. Dr. Rashid has been Principal Investigator and Co PI of the various Projects funded by ICAR, DST and Kerala Government. He guided 7 M. Sc. students. He served as editor of scientific journals i.e., Trends in Biosciences, Advances in Zoology and Botany and Advances in Life Sciences. He is also chief editor of Masala Samachar (quarterly Newsletter) of IISR Calicut, Masaloon ki Mehak and Malabar Jyoti (TOLIC magazine). He has published 69 research papers in reputed international and national journals, 24 book/bulletin, 3 manual, 1 extension folder and 16 book chapters. He has also attended several symposia and conferences and delivered lectures and present 49 research paper. Dr. D. Prasad retired as Prof. and Head, I.A.R.I., New Delhi, has more that 40 years of research and teaching experience in the field of nematology in particular and plant protection in general. He has published more than 146 research papers, 100 abstracts presented in symposia of national and international repute and 95 chapters in various books. Dr. Prasad is known for his research contributions in nematode management on groundnut and soybean and developed IPM nodule for root knot nematode on groundnut. He also worked on environmentally safe pesticides, developed and tested two new molecules for control of nematodes and hence sent to ICAR for Patening, and received HARDF Award for 1994, fellow of Several Societies won many prestigious awards of Societies and Agril. Universities. Dr. Prasad has written/edited books namely Environment Pollution - Air, Water, Land, Radiation, Solid Waste, Thermal, Soil Environment & Pesticides, Potential IPM Tactics, Ecofriendly Pest Suppression, Crop Pest and Disease Management, Advances in Plant Protection Sciences, Crop Protection: Management Strategies, Sustainable Pests Management, Insect Pest and Disease Management, Sustainable Crop Protection Strategies (2 volumes) and Crop Protection, Conservation and Diversity (2 volumes) during the past few years. He founded a Society of Plant Protection Sciences in 1992 which publishes six monthly Journal "Annals of Plant Protection Sciences".