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Notes: This book covers the biological control of insect pests of sugarcane (Chilo tumidicostalis, Chilo infuscatellus, Scirpophaga excerptalis, Melanaspis glomerata, Ceratovacuna lanigera, Odontotermes obesus and Saccharicoccus sacchari), rice (Scirpophaga incertulas and Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) and pulses (Helicoverpa armigera, Lampides boeticus, Maruca vitrata, Aphis craccivora, Omiodes indicata, Apion amplum and Monolepta signata) in the northeastern region of India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura), and mass production protocols for potential biological control agents (Corcyra cephalonica, Trichogramma spp., Helicoverpa armigera nuclear polyhedrosis virus and entomopathogenic fungi). Future strategies for the intensive biological control of pests in the region are discussed. Information on the life cycle and biology of some of the pests is provided.