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Fundamentals of Entomology-II
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Mr. Deepayan Padhy
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Course Name: FUNDAMENTALS OF ENTOMOLOGY-II
Code(Credit) : ASEN 2102 (1-1-0)
Course Objectives
• As a fundamental course, this course will impart the basic knowledge regarding the concepts ETL and EIL which will be helpful in their higher studies.
• By learning the classification of insecticides, their manufacture, trade names by which the students can take it in an entrepreneurship mode.
• This will develop skill in the students to go for a decision of correct pest management tactics.
Course Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students will be able
1. To know the influence of ecological factors on insect development and distribution.
2. To understand components of integrated pest management.
3. To know the classification of insecticides & their use in pest management.
4. To understand the mass multiplication techniques of major bio-agents.
CO-PO Mapping
PO1: Knowledge Enhancement.
PO2: Professional Enhancement.
PO8: Ethics.
Programme Outcomes
• PO1: Knowledge Enhancement: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to Soil Science, Agronomy, Horticulture, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Entomology and other such areas of agriculture.
• PO2: Professional Enhancement: Understanding the value and processes of life-long learning and professional development.
• PO3: Entrepreneurship Skills: Understanding the processes of setting up and managing viable business ventures.
• PO4: Communication & Extension Skills: Developing appropriate communication skills for effective transfer of knowledge and technologies through extension programs.
• PO5: Team Work: Play effective roles in multidisciplinary teams.
• PO6: Educational Leadership: Recognize and meet emerging agriculture challenges of global society in the 21st century and developing leadership and strong linkages in the agro-industrial setup.
• PO7: Data Handling: Collect, analyze and interpret scientific data.
• PO8: Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the scientific practice.
• PO9: Computational Skills: Recognize, analyze problems and plan strategies for their solutions with the help of computer skills.
Course Syllabus
Theory
Unit I:
Insect Ecology: Introduction, Environment and its components, Effect of Abiotic factors–temperature, moisture, humidity, rainfall, light, atmospheric pressure and air currents. Effect of Biotic factors – food competition, natural and environmental resistance. Concepts of Balance of life in nature, biotic potential and environmental resistance and causes for outbreak of pests in agro-ecosystem.
Unit II:
Pest surveillance and pest forecasting and Categories of pests. Host plant resistance Components/ tools of IPM, Cultural, Mechanical, Physical, Legislative, Biological (parasites, predators & transgenic plant pathogens such as bacteria, fungi and viruses). Chemical control-importance, hazards and limitations. Classification of insecticides, toxicity of insecticides and formulations of insecticides. Recent methods of pest control, repellents, anti-feedants, hormones, attractants, gamma radiation and genetic control. Practices, scope and limitations of IPM.
Unit III:
Transgenic crops, Insecticides Act 1968- Important provisions. Insecticide act 1969-important provisions. Application techniques of spray fluids. Phytotoxicity of insecticides. Symptoms of poisoning, first aid and antidotes. Beneficial insects: parasites and predators used in pest control and their mass multiplication techniques. Beneficial insects: Important species of pollinators, weed killers and scavengers, their importance.
Practical
1. Study and distribution patterns of insects in crop eco systems
2. Sampling techniques for the estimation of insect population and damage
3. Pest surveillance through light traps, pheromone traps and fore casting of pest incidence
4. Aquintance of insecticide formulations
5. Calculation of doses/ concentrations of different insecticidal formulations
6. Compatibility of pesticides with other agrochemicals and phytotoxicity of insecticides
7. Aquintance of mass multiplication techniques of important predators; Cheilomenes, Chrsoperla and Cryptolaemus
8. Aquintance of mass multiplication techniques of important parasitoids; Egg, larval, and pupal parasitoids Viz., Trichogramma, Apanteles and Tetrastichus.
9. Aquintance of mass multiplication techniques of important Entomomorphogenic Fungi Beauveria bassiana
10. Aquintance of mass multiplication techniques of Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV)
11. Study of various insect pollinators
12. Study of various insect weed killers and scavengers
13. Identification of different mite species
14. Identification of different non insect pests: birds, rodents, crabs and snails
15. Identification of different non insect pests: house hold insect pests
16. Identification of different non insect pests: veterinary insect pests
References
1. Integrated Pest Management-Concepts and Approaches: Dhwaliwal GS and Ramesh Arora(2001), Kalyanai Publishers, Ludhiana.
2. Biological Pest Suppression; Gautam RD (2008), Westville Publishing House, New Delhi.
3. Introduction to Insect Pest Management; Metcalf RL and Luckman WH (1982), Wiley Inter Science Publishing, New York.
4. General and Applied Entomology; Nair KK, Ananthakrishnan, TN and David BV (1976), Tata McGeaw Hill Publishing Company Ltd, New Delhi.
5. Entomology and Pest Management; Larry E Pedigo and Marlin E Rice (1991), Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd, New Delhi.
Session Plan
Theory (16 sessions)
Session 1: Introduction to insect Ecology, Effect of Abiotic and biotic factors
Brief introduction to ecology
Download
Download notes: Introduction to insect ecology
Download notes: Abiotic factors
Download notes: Biotic factors
Watch: What is ecology? | Definition | Meaning | Types of Ecology
Watch: MCQ on Introduction to Insect Ecology
Watch: MCQ on Environmental Factor
Watch: MCQ on Biotic Factor
Watch: MCQ on Abiotic Factor | Temperature
Watch: MCQ on Abiotic factor | Moisture and Humidity
Watch: MCQ on Abiotic factor | Light
Watch: MCQ on Abiotic Factor | Rainfall | Water current | Atmospheric Pressure
Session 2: Concepts of Balance of life and Causes for outbreak of pests in agro-ecosystem.
Concepts of Balance of life and Causes for outbreak of pests in agro-ecosystem will be described in this chapter.
Download Note: Balance of Life
Watch: Balance of Life | Biotic potential | Environmental Resistance | R & K strategy
Session 3: Definition of Pest and Categories of Pest, Introduction to IPM, tools and drawbacks of IPM
This chapter introduces you to the exact definition of pest and different categories of pest and introduction to integrated pest management
Download note: Concepts of IPM
Download notes: Pest, categories of pest
Watch: Definition of Pest, Categories of Pest and Introduction to IPM
Watch: 5 Phases of crop protection | Integrated pest Management
Session 4: Study of distribution patterns of insects in crop ecosystems and sampling techniques for the estimation of insect population and damage
This chapter introduces you to the distribution pattern of pest and Sampling techniques for the estimation of insect population
Session 5: Pest surveillance through light traps, pheromone traps and forecasting of pest incidence and acquaintance of insecticide formulations
This chapter introduces you to pest surveillance techniques and preparation of insecticide formulation
Download Note: Pest surveillance
Session 6: Cultural Method and Host plant resistance
Different cultural methods of Pest Management and Mechanisms of Host Plant Resistance
Download Note: Cultural control
Download Note: Host Plant Resistance
Session 7: Mechanical, Physical and Legislative method of Pest Management
This chapter clarifies different mechanical, physical and legislate method of pest management
Session 8: Biological and Microbial method of Pest Management
This chapter clarifies different biological and microbial method of pest management
Download Note: Biological control
Download Note: Microbial control
Session 9: Introduction to Chemical Control and Classification of Insecticides
This chapter clarifies about chemical and different types of pesticides and formulations used in field.
Download Note: Chemical control
Download Note: Insecticide Formulations
Session 10: Calculation of doses/concentrations of different insecticidal Formulations and compatibility of pesticides with other agrochemicals and Phytotoxicity of insecticides
This chapter clarifies about chemical and different types of pesticides and formulations used in field.
Session 11: Inorganic Insecticide and formulations, Botanicals and Synthetic Organic Insecticides
This chapter clarifies about Inorganic Insecticide, Botanicals and Synthetic Organic Insecticides
Download Note: Botanicals and Inorganic Insecticides
Download Note: Synthetic Organic Insecticides
Watch: Inorganic vs Organic Insecticide
Watch: Synthetic organic insecticide
Session 12: Novel Insecticides, Insecticides Act and Application techniques of spray fluids and Recent methods of Pest Management
This chapter introduces regarding new insecticides and its application technique
Download Note: Novel Insecticides
Download Note: Insecticide application techniques and insecticide act
Download Note: Recent methods of Insect control
Session 13: Genetic Control and Transgenic crops and Symptoms of poisoning, first aid and antidotes and Identification of Beneficial Insects
This chapter introduces to role of transgenic crops in pest management and identification of beneficial insects
Download Note: Genetic Control
Download Note: Symptoms of poisoning, first aid and antidotes
Download Note: Beneficial Insects
Session 14: Mass multiplication of predators & Parasite
This chapter makes you understand about acquaintance of mass multiplication techniques of important predators – Cheilomenes, Cryptolaemus and Chrysoperla and mass multiplication techniques of important parasitoids – egg, larval and pupal parasitoids
Watch: Rearing of crysoperla
Watch: Multiplication of Cryptolaemus
Session 15: Mass multiplication of entomopathogenic micro organisms
This chapter lets you know about acquaintance of mass multiplication techniques of important entomopathogenic fungi and Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV)
Download note: Mass multiplication techniques of important entomopathogenic fungi
Download note: Mass multiplication techniques of important entomopathogenic NPV
Session 16: Identification of non insect pest (mites, rodents and Mites)
This chapter will help you for identification of different types of mite, rodents and bird species
Download Note: Identification of Mites
Download Note: Identification of Rodents and Birds
Practicals (16 sessions)
Session 1: Study and distribution patterns of insects in crop eco systems
Session 2: Sampling techniques for the estimation of insect population and damage
Sessions 3: Pest surveillance through light traps, pheromone traps and fore casting of pest incidence
Sessions 4: Acquaintance of insecticide formulations
Session 5: Calculation of doses/ concentrations of different insecticidal formulations
Session 6: Compatibility of pesticides with other agrochemicals and phytotoxicity of insecticides
Session 7: Acquaintance of mass multiplication techniques of important predators; Cheilomenes, Chrsoperla and cryptolaemus
Session 8: Acquaintance of mass multiplication techniques of important parasitoids; Egg, larval, and pupal parasitoids Viz., Trichogramma, Apanteles and Tetrastichus
Session 9: Aquintance of mass multiplication techniques of important Entomomorphogenic Fungi Beauveria bassiana
Session 10: Acquaintance of mass multiplication techniques of important Entomomorphogenic Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV) on Helicoverpa and Spodoptera
Session 11: Study of insect pollinators
Session 12: Study of various insect weed killers and scavengers
Session 13: Identification of different mite species
Session 14: Identification of different non insect pests: birds, rodents, crabs and snails
Session 15: Identification of different non insect pests: house hold insect pests
Session 16: Identification of different non insect pests: veterinary insect pests
Study material
Question bank
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Our Main Teachers
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, M. S. Swaminathan School of Agriculture Centurion University of Technology and Management
Working as Assistant professor in Department of Entomology, I completed my graduation and post graduation from ANGRAU.I qualified A.S.R.B NET during 2013
Pests of Horticultural Crops and their Management and Beneficial Insects