ZOOL 32034

>< Type/status : Elective course for Biological Science students. Not open for students following B. Sc.(Special) Degree Programme in Zoology.
>< Title : Applied Entomology and Plant Nematology
>< Pre-requisite : ZOOL 12014
>< Co-requisite : ZOOL 32042
>< Objectives: By the end of this course, students will be able to understand biology and control methods of economically important insect, mite and nematode pests and insect vectors that are of medical importance in Sri Lanka.
>< Course contents:

Introduction to the orders of common insect pests and Order Acarina, Biology and control of insect and mite pests of rice, coconut, tea, sugarcane and selected fruit and vegetable crops in Sri Lanka, Biology and control of common household and stored product pests, Causes of insect pest outbreaks, Concepts in insect pest management: General Equilibrium Level, Economic Threshold Level and Economic Injury Level, Chemical, cultural and biological control, Integrated pest management, Biology and control of insect vectors that are of medical importance in Sri Lanka.

Morphology and life cycles of economically important plant nematodes, Plant-nematode relationship and nematodes as plant virus vectors, Economic Threshold and Economic Injury Levels in relation to nematode control, Economically important nematode pests of tea, rice and other selected crops in Sri Lanka and their management.

>< Methodology: A combination of lectures and tutorials.
>< Scheme of evaluation: End of semester examination
>< Recommended reading:
1. Hill, D.S. (1979) Agricultural insect pests of the tropics and their control. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
2. Atwal, A.S. and Dhaliwal, G.S. (1997) Agricultural pests of South Asia and their management. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
3. Kettle, D.S. (1997) Medical and veterinary entomology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
4. Nickle, W.R. (1991) Manual of agricultural nematology. Marcel dekker Inc., New York.
5. Luc, M., Sikora, R.A. and Bridge, J. (1993) Plant parasitic nematodes in subtropical and tropical agriculture, CAB International, Wallingford,U.K.

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