ENTO 242 Presentation PART I

Semester : IV (New)

Course No. : ENTO 243

Credits : 2 (1+1)

Course title : Pest of Horticultural Crops and their Management

Syllabus

Theory

General – economic classification of insects. Ecology and insect-pest management with reference to fruit, plantation crops. Distribution, host range, bio-ecology, injury, integrated management of important insect pests affecting tropical, sub-tropical and temperate fruits, plantation, vegetable, ornamental, spices and condiments crops like citrus, mango, grapevine, pomegranate, guava, fig, banana, papaya, custard apple, ber, sapota, aonla, coconut, arecanut, cashew, apple, tea, coffee, brinjal, okra, tomato, chilli, potato, sweet potato, cruciferous, cucurbitaceous, colocassia and moringa, turmeric, ginger, onion, garlic, coriander, curry leaf, black pepper, rose, gerbera and carnation.

Definition of Nematode and Nematology, Characteristics of plant parasitic nematodes. Important symptoms caused by nematodes with examples. Integrated Nematode Management.

Practical

Identification of different types of damage. Identification and study of life cycle and seasonal history of various insect pests attacking crops and their produce: Fruit Crops, Vegetable Crops, Plantation, Spices and Condiments.

Teaching Schedule

a) Theory

Lecture No.	Topic	Weightage (%)
	Distribution, host range, bio-ecology, injury, integrated management of important insect pests affecting
1	Citrus:- Lemon butterfly, White fly, Black fly, Leaf miner, Fruit sucking moth, (Eudocima fullonica C, E. materna L. Achoea janata L.), Citrus psylla, Citrus aphids, Mealy bug, Citrus thrips, Scale insects	50
2	Mango:-Mango stem borer, Mango stone weevil, Mango fruit fly, Mealy bugs, Mango hoppers, Shoot borer, Thrips, Slug caterpillar, Midge fly, Leaf gall
3	Grapevine:-Flea beetle /Udadya beetle, Thrips, Stem Girdler, Mealy bug, Mite
4	Guava:- Fruit fly, Spiraling whitefly, Bark eating caterpillar Fruit Borers- (Congethes (Dichocrocis) punctiferalis, Deudorix (Virachola) isocrates, Rapala varuna), Green Scale, Mealy bug
5	Banana:- Root stock weevil/Rhizome weevil, Pseudostem borer, Fruit rust thrips, Aphids, Tingid or Lace wing bug, Leaf eating caterpillar Papaya:-Papaya mealy bugs, Whitefly, Green peach aphid, Ash weevils
6	Sapota :-Chiku moth / Sapota Leaf Webber, Sapota seed borer, Fruit fly, Stem borer, Hairy caterpillar, Leaf folder, Bud borer
7	Coconut:-Rhinoceros beetle, Black headed caterpillar, Red palm weevil, Eriophyid mite, Rat Aracanut:- Spindle Bug, Inflorescence Caterpillar Cashew nut:- Tea mosquito bug, Cashew stem and root borer, Thrips
8	Apple :- Mites, Codling moth, Fig :- Jassids, Mites Ber:- Ber fruit borer, Ber fruit fly Aonla:- Bark Borer
9	Pomogranate:-Anar caterpillar, Fruit sucking moth (Eudocima fullonica, Eudocima materna, Achoea janata L.,) Thrips, Shot hole borer, Bark eating caterpiller, Mealy bug, Whitefly, Aphids
10	Brinjal:- Brinjal shoot & fruit borer, Jassids /leaf hopper, Aphids, Whitefly, Red Spider Mites, Hadda Beetle, Brinjal leaf roller, Lace wing bug, Stem borer Okra:-Shoot & fruit borer, Leafhoppers, Aphids, Whitefly, Leaf Roller, Red Spider Mite, Helicoverpa, Flea beetle, Leaf miner (Liriomyza)	40
11	Tomato :-Fruit borer,Leaf miner- Liriomyza and Tuta absoluta, Aphids, Thrips, White Fly, Mites Chilli:- Thrips, Fruit borer (Helicoverpa), Mites
12	Potato:- Potato tuber moth, Cutworm, Thrips, Mites, Jassids Sweet potato:- Sweet potato weevil, Sweet potato leaf eating caterpillar / Sphinx caterpillar
13	Cruciferous crops (Cauliflower, Cabbage, Broccoli and Knolkol):- Diamondback moth, Aphids, Painted bug, Cabbage butterfly, Leaf eating caterpillar, Flea beetle, Head borer and Mustard sawfly
14	Cucurbitaceous vegetables:- Fruit Fly, Aphids, Leaf miner, whitefly, Thrips, Pumpkinn beetle, Blister beetle Colocassia and Moringa:- Leaf eating caterpillar, Webworm, Stem borer, Spodoptera and Aphid
15	Turmeric and Ginger:- Rhizome fly, Shoot borer, Rhizome scale, Leaf roller, Thrips Onion and Garlic:-Onion and garlic thrips Coriander :- Mites, Aphids Curry leaf:- Scale insect, Psylla, Leamon butterfly Black pepper:- Pollu beetle/Floes beetle, Mealy bug	10
16	Rose, Gerbera, carnation:- Thrips, Mites, White Fly, Bud borer, Leaf miner Ornamental:- Snail and slugs, Mealy bug, Scale insects Tea:- Tea Green leaf Hopper, Tea mosquito bug, Mites Coffee:-Coffee seed borer, Coffee berry borer
17	Definition of Nematode and Nematology, Characteristics of plant parasitic nematodes. Important symptoms caused by nematodes with examples
18	Integrated nematode management – Legislative methods, Cultural (Crop rotation, Fallowing, Soil amendments, Other land management techniques, Resistant varieties etc.), Physical (Soil solarization, Sterilization, Hot water treatment), Biological, Chemical- Important nematicides

b) Practical

Ex. No.	Topic
	Identification, Damage symptoms and management of -
1	Pests of Citrus
2	Pests of Mango
3	Pests of Grapevine
4	Pests of Guava
5	Pests of Banana and Papaya
6	Pests of Sapota
7	Pests of Coconut, Arecanut and Cashew nut
8	Pests of Pomegranate
9	Pests of Apple, Fig, Ber, Aonla
10	Pests of Brinjal, Okra
11	Pests of Tomato, Chilli
12	Pests of Potato, Sweet potato
13	Pests of cruciferous vegetables
14	Pests of cucurbitaceous vegetables and Colocassia and Moringa
15	Pests of Turmeric, Ginger, Onion, Garlic, Curry leaf, Black Pepper and Coriander
16	Pests of Rose, Gerbera, Carnation, and Ornamentals
17	Pests of Tea and Coffee
18	Extraction of nematodes from soil and plant samples following combined cobs decanding and sieving techniques with modified Barmann’s funnel technique and characteristics and symptoms of - Meloidogyne Pratylenchus, Globodera, Heterodera,Tylenchulus, Xiphinema, Radopholus, Rotylenchulus

Marks for Practical Examination

      Practical Manual   : 05

      Insect collection   : 05

      Spotting                 : 36

      Viva                        : 04

      Total                    : 50

Suggested Readings

1.   A.S. Atwal and G.S. Dhaliwal: Agricultural Pests of South Asia and their Management

2.   B.V. David and V.V. Rammurthy: Elements of Economic Entomology

3.   Pedigo L.P.: Entomology and Pest Management.

4.   Venu Gopal Rao: Insect Pest Management

5.   S. Pradhan: Insect pests of crops

6.   V.B. Awasthi: Introduction of General and Applied Entomology.

7.   Dr. K.D.Upadhyay, Dr. Kusum Dwived : A text book of Plant Nematology

8.   P. Parvatha Reddy: Plant Nematology

9.   Swarup G. Deogupta D.R. and Gill J.S: Nematode pest management