Agricultural Entomology is a subdivision of Entomology which studies pests and beneficial insects of field crops, fruits and vegetables. It also includes non-insect pests such as invertebrates (eg. nematodes), vertebrates (eg. rats), etc.
Objectives
The major objectives of the Department of Agricultural Entomology are to teach various courses related to insects and their role in Agricultural Systems. Also, it aims to graduate students, to maintain an inventory of major insect/vertebrate pests of crops and develop suitable technologies for minimizing the production losses caused by them.
- To survey, surveillance and identification of major agricultural insect pest and their predators, parasitoids and parasites in each crop commodity
- To teach and develop suitable strategies for IPM technologies
- To develop technologies to minimize hazardous effect on human health and environment caused due to injudicious use of synthetic chemical insecticides
- To develop suitable mass rearing technologies of Corcyra Cephalonica and preparation of Trichocard
- Preparation of HaNPV, NSKE and Dashparni Ark
- To teach Apiculture, Sericulture and Lac culture
Faculty and Staff :-
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Agril. Entomology
BCA, Pipri, Wardha
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Agril. Entomology
BCA, Pipri, Wardha
Lab Attendant
Dept. of Agril. Entomology
BCA, Pipri, Wardha
Agricultural Entomology offers following courses to B. Sc. Agriculture
| Sr. No. | Semester | Course No. | Credits | Course Title |
| 1 | II | ENTO 121 | 2 (1+1) | Fundamentals of Entomology |
| 2 | III | ENTO 232 | 2 (1+1) |
Insect Ecology and Integrated
pest Management |
| 3 | IV | ENTO 243 | 2 (1+1) |
Pest of Horticultural Crops and
their Management |
| 4 | V | ENTO 354 | 2 (1+1) | Pests of Crops and Stored Grain and their Management |
| 5 | VI | ENTO 365 | 2 (1+1) | Management of Beneficial Insects |
| 6 | VIII | ELM ENTO 486 | 10 (0+10) | Mass Production of Bioagents and Biopesticides |
| 7 | VII | RAWE – Crop Protection (Entomology and Plant Pathology) | ||
| 8 | VIII | ELM ENTO 487 | 10 (0+10) | Commercial Bee Keeping |
| 9 | VIII | ELM ENTO 488 | 10 (0+10) | Silkworm Cocoon Production Technology |
Activities :-
