Commercial Insects

Despite being the biggest group of organisms inhabiting Earth in both diversity and sheer numbers, insects are barely commercialized. Most of the standard textbooks of applied entomology talk about insect pest management, and when it comes to commercial aspects of insects, only apiculture, sericulture, and lac culture are talked about. This book will help bring other commercial uses of insects and their economic potential to the fore. This will generate interest in further research on the commercial potential of insects, thereby harnessing a much-found resource.

This book:
1. Encompasses all major aspects of beneficial and commercial insects.
2. Deals with edible insects and mass culture of natural enemies and beneficial insects.
3. Emphasises the mass cultivation of beneficial insects for obtaining yields.
4. Discusses stingless bees and their products.
5. Helps to solve the problem of food scarcity and improve food security.

Chapter 1. Lac Insects / K. K. Sharma
Chapter 2. Mulberry Silk Insect / Babulal, G. Mallikarjuna, S. Balasaraswathi and Omkar
Chapter 3. Tropical Tasar Insect / Manoj M. Rai, Mohan Rathod, Suvarna Wazalwar and Suresh Kumar Raina
Chapter 4. Tasar Insect - Antheraea proylei J / Rakesh Kumar Goel
Chapter 5. Eri Silk Insect (Samia ricini, Donovan) / Subadas Singh, Dharmendra K. Jigyasu, Om Prakash Patidar, Amit Kumar and Aftab A. Shabnam
Chapter 6. Muga Silk Insect (Antheraea assamensis) / Dharmendra Kumar Jigyasu, Om Prakash Patidar, Amit Kumar and Aftab A. Shabnam
Chapter 7. Honey Bee Diversity / M. R. Srinivasan and M. S. R. Haran
Chapter 8. The Stingless Bees / M.S. Khan and Gaurava Kumar
Chapter 9. Edible Insects / Apoorva Shandilya, Geetanjali Mishra and Omkar
Chapter 10. Dye-Yielding Insects / S. Shabihe Raza Baqri and Omkar
Chapter 11. Mass Production of Insect Parasitoids / M.S. Smitha, Mani Chellappan and M.T. Ranjith
Chapter 12. Mass Production of Insect Predators / Berin Pathrose, Mani Chellappan and M.T. Ranjith
Chapter 13. Mass Production of Beneficial Insects / M.T. Ranjith and Mani Chellappan