“Insect Ecology & Integrated Pest Management (IPM) including Beneficial Insects” details the ecological principles governing insect population dynamics, abiotic and biotic influences, economic threshold concepts, pest surveillance, biological control, safe pesticide usage, and the commercial management of productive insects such as honey bees, silkworms, and lac insects.
Topics Covered
- Principles of Applied Entomology and Environmental Balance
- Apiculture – History and Scope of Beekeeping, Bee Species and Colony Organization
- Apiary Management, Seasonal Care and Commercial Honey Production
- Role of Honey Bees in Cross-Pollination and Ecosystem Services
- Bee Products – Honey, Beeswax, Propolis, Royal Jelly, and Bee Venom
- Effect of Agricultural Chemicals on Bee Activity and Mitigation of Pesticide Poisoning
- Role of Pollinators, Weed Killers, Scavengers and Other Beneficial Insects
- Insect Ecology, Food Webs and Balance of Life
- Population Dynamics and the Influence of Biotic Factors (Predators, Parasitoids, Pathogens)
- Abiotic Factors Influencing Insect Populations (Temperature, Humidity, Photoperiod, Rainfall)
- Definition of Pests, Pest Categories and Factors Responsible for Pest Outbreaks
- Pest Surveillance, Monitoring Techniques and Economic Injury Levels (EIL & ETL)
- Principles, Objectives and Components of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Cultural, Mechanical and Physical Methods of Pest Suppression
- Legal and Regulatory Pest Control Methods – Plant Quarantine and Pest Acts
- Host Plant Resistance – Mechanisms (Antixenosis, Antibiosis, Tolerance)
- Biological Control – Classical Biocontrol, Mass Production and Field Release of Parasitoids & Predators
- Microbial Control – Entomopathogenic Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi and Nematodes
- Chemical Control – Major Insecticide Classes, Modes of Action and Safe Formulation Handling
- The Insecticides Act, 1968 – Regulations, Label Protocols and Safety Guidelines
- Insect Pheromones and Semiochemicals in Monitoring and Mating Disruption
- Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) and Genetic Control Strategies
- Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs) – Chitin Synthesis Inhibitors and Juvenile Hormone Mimics
- Modern Pesticide Application Equipment and Spraying Techniques
- Pesticide Compatibility, Phytotoxicity and Resistance Management (IRM)
- Impact of Global Warming and Climate Change on Insect Pest Status
- Integrated Pest Management Case Studies in Field Crops (e.g. Rice, Cotton, Pulses)
- Biotechnological Tools in Pest Management – Bt Transgenic Crops and RNAi
File Details
| Title | Insect Ecology and IPM including Beneficial Insects |
| File Name | ENTO232 – Insect Ecology & IPM including beneficial insects.pdf |
| File Type | PDF Document (.pdf) |
| File Size | 5.37 MB |
| Total Pages | 127 Pages |