India is a major producer of mango, and exports huge quantity of the fruit to Europe, Middle East and other countries. To maintain the exports, fruit quality with regard to pest infestation , especially the fruit fly, an important quarantine pest, is of primary significance. The fruit flies attack maturing mangoes, and cause 5-95% economic loss depending on the variety. In recent years, the fly infestation has also become a major constraint in the export of mangoes from India. The present book offers standard and ready-to-use solutions to the mango growers for the management of fruit fly infestation. The book is spread over nine elaborated chapters contributed by the leading experts in the respective fields, and covers all important aspects of cultivation, breeding, fruit fly management and quarantine issues in mango. Each chapter is prepared in a palpable manner and is supported by self explanatory diagrams and photos. The book shall serve as an important resource and a reference material to the students, researchers, scientist, extension officers of Agriculture, Horticulture, Entomology, Nematology, Zoology and Botany, and growers of mango and other fruit crops.

Dr. Mujeebur Rahman Khan is a Professor in the Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University, India, and a fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He obtained Ph.D (Plant Nematology) in 1988 and has worked as a Post Doc. at the North Carolina State University and California Department of Food and Agriculture, U.S.A. (1989). He has also worked at the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology, U.K. Dr. Khan has vast experience of P.G. teaching and research in Plant Protection, and has over 250 research publications and review articles, 8 books, 2 patents and 6 research projects to his credit. He has attended numerous national and international conferences, and is a member of various national and international academic societies, reviewer to journals, funding agencies etc., and recipient of several awards. Dr. Khan has guided 10 Ph.D. and over 30 M.Sc. student. His major area of research is IDM and biological control of plant diseases; entomopathogenic nematodes; effect of climatic change on plant diseases; industrial waste utilization in crop protection; and nanotechnology in plant disease management. Dr. Fayaz Ahmad Mohiddin is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Plant Pathology at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Srinagar, J & K. He did a Ph.D. in 2007 from A.M.U. Aligarh and has been awarded UGC-Kothari Post Doc fellowship. He has over a decade of research and teaching experience in the pest and disease problems and their management in horticultural and other crops. Dr. Mohiddin has developed a low cost fermenter protocol using indigenous technology to produce microbial formulations at a large scale. He has over 50 research articles, 2 patents and 2 research projects to his credit. Dr. Ziaul Haque presently serves as a Fellow at the National Innovation Foundation India, Ahmedabad. He obtained a Ph.D. on the integrated disease management from the Aligarh Muslim University. Dr. Haque has worked as a Research Assistant in a CST-UP research project on entomopathogenic nematodes. He has also served as a Research Associate at the National Institute of Plant Health Management, Hyderabad and developed an innovative low cost formulation of EPNs for the management of insect pests. Mr. Haque has published around 25 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and one authored book.