ABSTRACT
Cereals occupy the important place in area, production and diet composition across the world. These crops suffer due to ravages of insect pests which are considered as an important limiting factor in their production. Global warming, aberrant weather, changing cropping patterns and adoption of technologies alter the insect abundance, distribution and pest associated losses over the time and space. This chapter focuses on the status of insect pests of important cereals crops like, rice, wheat, maize, sorghum and pearl millet in India. Besides, the emerging insect pests of cereals in India and work done by the university on insect pests management in cereals are also highlighted. Management practices of important insect pests of cereal crops are also summarized in the chapter.
