Reproductive Strategies in Insects (PDF)

Prof. Omkar, FNASc, has been associated with teaching for about 35 years and research for more than 42 years. He is Former Head, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007, Former Coordinator, UGC-SAP (DRS-II), DST-FIST, DST-PURSE, Centre of Excellence, Govt. of UP, programs. He has worked on 10 more projects of state/central funding agencies. He specializes in Environmental Toxicology and Entomology, with particular reference to the Insect Pest Management .He is also an Associate Editor, International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, Springer Nature and Chief Editor, Journal of Applied Bioscience, besides being President of International Society of Applied Biology.

He is a recipient of several awards, like Saraswati Samman by the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of UP; Prof. T N Ananthakrishnan Foundation Award, Rescholar Award of Excellence in Agricultural Entomology by Association of Entomologists, Prof. G. S. Shukla Gold Medal by The Academy of Environmental Biology, Dr. S. Pradhan Memorial Lecture Award by The Division of Entomology, IARI & The Entomological Society of India, ACCLAIM and Uddeepan awards from University of Lucknow. He is a Fellow of The Entomological Society of India, Zoological Society of India, Society for Biocontrol Advancement and Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences India (FNASc), besides many others. He has 16 books to his credit, like Pesticides, Man & Biosphere, Ecofriendly Pest Management for Food Security, Elsevier, Industrial Entomology, Springer Nature, Pests & Their Management, Springer Nature, Sucking Pests of Crops, Springer Nature and Polyphagous Pests of Crops, Reproductive Strategies of Insect Pest Management, etc. He has published 235 Research papers, 10 Reviews, 40 Reviews as Book chapters, 17 Popular Science articles. Prof. Omkar has guided more than TWO dozen Ph. D. students. He has visited the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia (2006) for three months and