1. P. G. & Research Dept. of zoology (AZ & BT)
NME -PEST MANAGEMENT

2. Scope and Relevance of the Subject
What is a pest?
Pest is a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc
Large scale damage to crops, food, and human life too if left uneradicated.
Pest management, is one of the priority areas, in the industrial, agricultural, and health care sector.
Experts in this field are highly valued professionals and get well paid !!!!

3. PEST CLASSIFICATION Pests Agricultural Household pests
Paddy Cockroaches
Sugarcane House flies
Vegetables Mosquitoes
Fruits Rodents
Pests cause greater damage to food grains, crop damage,
and fatal to human health.
Major viral and bacterial disease are caused by these pests
Ex:Dengue caused by Mosquito(Aedes)
Leptospirosis caused by rodents

4. Agricultural Pests Paddy - Rice bug Wood Mason Kharif grasshopper
Rice Gall Midge

5. Oilseed Pests Coconut : Rhinocerous beetle Redpalm Weevil
Black headed caterpillar

6. Cash crop pests – Sugarcane
Sugarcane leaf hopper
Shoot Borer
Top Borer
Root Borer
White Flies

7. Fruits -Mango
Mango leaf hopper

8. Insect Pest- Cockroach, Mosquito Non Insect Pest – Rodent
Insect pests
Non Insect Pest – Rodent

9. Dengue and Leptospirosis

10. Various Pests Control Measures
Control Measures are of the following types:
Physical/mechanical (handpicking of pests, or by use of specific traps- Mouse , glue traps, Pheromone traps)
Hand Picking
Glue traps
PheromoneTrap
Mouse Traps

11. Chemical Measures: Use of different types of pesticide, insecticide, rodenticides, spraying of fumigants etc))
Insecticides
Pesticides
Rodenticide
Fumigants

12. Biological:use of predators and parasites to control, the pest population
Recent advancement includes IPM (Integrated Pest management ), IPM- found to be quite effective in pest control/ management

13. Pesticide Industry Pesticide industry huge money making business
Number of natural, chemical pest control chemicals available in the market
E.g. Malathion (Bayer) Endosulphan (ADAMA Chemicals)
Indiscriminate use of pesticides, caused several diseases and also a major cause for environmental pollution. Solution for this Problem
IPM!!!!!”

14. Learning outcomes of the course
Identification and working knowledge about the different types of Pests
Knowledge about all the latest pest control equipment and different pesticides, such as rodenticides(rats), insecticides(insects) available in the market
Gain knowledge as to how, when, what and where to use these pesticides, and in safe dosages, so as to keep the pests under check or to totally eradicate them
BECOME A PEST CONTROL EXPERT AND START A CONSULTANCY!!!

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