Lecture Schedule

LECTURE SCHEDULE

Course Title: Insect Pests of Vegetable, Ornamental and Spice Crops 3 (2+1)
Course Leader: Dr P L Sharma, Scientist, Dept. of EAP,
YSPUHF, Nauni – Solan (H.P.)
Weeks
Theory
1st Week
Topic: 1 Economic Importance of Insects
Topic: 2 Ecology and Pest Management
2nd Week
Topic: 3 Ecology and Pest Management (cont.)
Topic: 4 Pest Surveillance and Forecasting
3rd Week
Topic: 5 Common Sampling Techniques
Topic: 6 Insect Pests of Cruciferous Crops
4th Week Topic: 7 Insect Pests of Cruciferous Crops (cont.)
Topic: 8 Insect Pests of Cruciferous Crops (cont.)
5th Week Topic: 9 Insect Pests of Tomato
Topic: 10 Insect Pests of Tomato (cont.)
6th Week Topic: 11 Insect Pests of Egg Plant
Topic: 12 Insect Pests of Chillies
7th Week Topic: 13 Insect Pests of Okra
Topic: 14 Insect Pests of Cucurbits
8th Week Topic: 15 Insect Pests of Peas
Topic: 16 Insect Pests of Beans
9th Week Topic: 17 Insect Pests of Onion, Garlic and taro
10th Week Topic: 18 Insect Pests of leafy Vegetables
Topic: 19 Polyhagous Insect Pests
11th Week Topic: 20 Insect Pests of Potato
Topic: 21 Insect Pests of Rose
12th Week Topic: 22 Insect Pests of Carnation
Topic: 23 Insect Pests of Chrysanthemum
13th Week Topic: 24 Insect Pests of Gladiolus
Topic: 25 Insect Pests of Other Ornamentals
14th Week Topic: 26 Insect Pests of Cardamom
Topic: 27 Insect Pests of Ginger and Turmeric
15th Week Topic: 28 Insect Pests of Coriander
Topic: 29 Insect Pests of Black Pepper
16th Week Topic: 30 Insect Pests of Stored and Processed Vegetables, Ornamentals and Spices
Topic: 31 Pesticide Residue Problems
17th Week
Topic: 32 Crop Losses Caused by Insect Pests and their Assessment

Practicals
1st Week Excercise 1: Collection and Preservation of Insects
2nd Week Excercise 2: Identification of Insect-Pests of Crucifiers and their Damage Symptoms
3rd Week Excercise 3: Visit to the cole crop ecosystem to study the insect pests of cole crops, their natural enemies, damage symptoms and assessment of damage/ population under field conditions
4th Week Excercise 4: Identification of Insect Pests of Solanaceous Vegetables and their Damage Symptoms
5th Week Excercise 5: Visit to solanaceous crops ecosystem to study their insect pests, damage symptoms and assessment of damage/ population, natural enemies under field conditions
6th Week Excercise 6: Identification of Insect Pests of Okra and Cucurbits and their damage Symptoms
7th Week Excercise 7: Visit to the okra and cucurbit ecosystems to study their insect pests, damage symptoms and assessment of damage/ population, natural enemies under field conditions
8th Week Excercise 8: Identification of Insect Pests of Legume Vegetables, Onion, Garlic and leafy Vegetables and their Damage Symptoms
9th Week Excercise 9: Identification of Insect Pests of Rose and their Damage Symptoms
10th Week Excercise 10: VISIT TO ROSE FIELD/ POLYHOUSE TO STUDY ITS INSECT PESTS, DAMAGE SYMPTOMS AND NATURAL ENEMIES
11th Week Excercise 11: IDENTIFICATION OF INSECT PESTS OF CARNATION, CHRYSANTHEMUM, GLADIOLUS AND OTHER ORNAMENTALS AND THEIR DAMAGE SYMPTOMS
12th Week Excercise 12: Visit to floriculture farm to study the insect pests, their damage symptoms and natural enemies of ornamental crops
13th Week Excercise 13 & 14: IDENTIFICATION OF INSECT PESTS AND THEIR DAMAGE SYMPTOMS IN SPICES CROPS
14th Week
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15th Week Excercise 15 & 16: Field visit to important spice crops to study the insect pests, damage symptoms and their natural enemies under field conditions
16th Week
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