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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 decission of correct pest management tactics.
Theory
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Study and distribution patterns of insects in crop eco systems –
• Sampling techniques for the estimation of insect population and damage-
• Pest surveillance through light traps, pheromone traps and fore casting of pest incidence
• Calculation of doses/ concentrations of different insecticidal formulations –
• Aquintance of insecticide formulations.
• Compatibility of pesticides with other agrochemicals and phytotoxicity of insecticides
• Aquintance of mass multiplication techniques of important predators; Cheilomenes, Chrsoperla and cryptolaemus.
• Important parasitoids; Egg, larval, and pupal parasitoids Viz., Trichogramma, Apanteles and Tetrastichus.
• Important Entomomorphogenic Fungi Beauveria bassiana and Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV) on Helicoverpa and Spodoptera.
• Study of insect pollinators, weed killers and scavengers –
• Identification of major non –insect pests Viz., birds, crabs, snails, slugs and mammalians. House hold and veterinary insect pests.
References
Integrated Pest Management-Concepts and Approaches: Dhwaliwal GS and Ramesh Arora(2001), Kalyanai Publishers, Ludhiana.
Biological Pest Suppression; Gautam RD (2008), Westville Publishing House, New Delhi.
Introduction to Insect Pest Management; Metcalf RL and Luckman WH (1982), Wiley Inter Science Publishing, New York.
General and Applied Entomology; Nair KK, Ananthakrishnan, TN and David BV (1976), Tata McGeaw Hill Publishing Company Ltd, New Delhi.
Entomology and Pest Management; Larry E Pedigo and Marlin E Rice (1991), Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd, New Delhi.
Concepts of Balance of life and Causes for outbreak of pests in agro-ecosystem will be described in this chapter.
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This chapter introduces you to the exact definition of pest and different categories of pest and introduction to integrated pest management
Pest, categories of pest and Pest Surviellance
Definition of Pest, Categories of Pest and Introduction to IPM
This chapter introduces you to the distribution pattern of pest and Sampling techniques for the estimation of insect population
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Sampling technique
This chapter introduces you to pest surveillance techniques and preparation of insecticide formulation
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Pest surveillanceAcquaintance of insecticideformulations
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Use of Light trap
Pesticide formulation
Different cultural methods of Pest Management and Mechanisms of Host Plant Resistance
Cultural Methods of Pest Management
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Mechanism of Host Plant Resistance
This chapter clarifies different mechanical, physical and legislate method of pest management
This chapter clarifies different biological and microbial method of pest management
This chapter clarifies about chemical and different types of pesticides and formulations used in field.
This chapter clarifies about chemical and different types of pesticides and formulations used in field.
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This chapter clarifies about Inorganic Insecticide, Botanicals and Synthetic Organic Insecticides
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Inorganic Insecticides
Synthetic Organic Insecticides
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Inorganic vs Organic Insecticide
Synthetic organic insecticide
This chapter introduces to role of transgenic crops in pest management and identification of beneficial insects
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Notes on Mites
Rhodents and Birds
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Acquaintance of mass multiplication techniques of important predators – Cheilomenes, Cryptolaemus and Chrysoperla
Acquaintance of mass multiplication techniques of important parasitoids – egg, larval and pupal parasitoids
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7. PREDATORS - Cheilomenes, Cryptolaemus and Chrysoperla
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Acquaintance of mass multiplication techniques of important entamopathogenic fungi
Acquaintance of mass multiplication techniques of Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV)
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Mass multiplication of NPV
Identification of different types of nematodes
Identification of different mite species
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Identification of nematodes and mites
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Rhodents and Birds
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Mites identification
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Study of weed killers
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Study of scavengers
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Study of household pests
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