ZOOL 42104

>< Type/status : Compulsory course for the students who follow Special Degree Programme in Zoology.
>< Title : Agricultural and Medical Entomology
>< Pre-requisite : ZOOL 41014
>< Co-requisite : ZOOL 42112
>< Objectives: By the end of this course, students will be able to understand biological aspects and control methods of insect and acarine pests that are of agricultural, medical and veterinary importance in Sri Lanka.
>< Course contents:

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 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 of insect and mite pests, Integrated pest management, Biology and control of insect vector species of malaria, filaria, dengue, encephalitis, yellow fever, typhus and plague, Biology and control of insect and acarine pest species that are of veterinary importance in Sri Lanka.

>< Methodology: A combination of lectures and student seminars
>< 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.

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