ZOOL 42112

>< Type/status : Compulsory course for the students who follow Special Degree Programme in Zoology.
>< Title : Agricultural and Medical Entomology Laboratory
>< Pre-requisite : ZOOL 12022 and ZOOL 41022
>< Co-requisite : ZOOL 42104
>< Objectives: By the end of this course, students will be able to demonstrate practical skills relevant to the study of biological aspects and the control methods of insect and acarine pests that are of agricultural, medical and veterinary importance in Sri Lanka.
>< Course contents:

Demonstrations on life stages and damage symptoms of economically important insect and mite pests of rice, coconut, tea, sugarcane, selected fruit and vegetable crops and stored products, Techniques for preservation, mounting and permanent slide preparations of insects and mites, Use of insect taxonomic keys for the identification of pests to the order and genus levels (ants and aphids), Concepts in insect pest management, Natural enemies of insect and mite pests, Insecticides and application equipment, Biological control programmes in Sri Lanka, Insect rearing methods, Household pests, Demonstrations on life stages of insect vectors that are of medical and veterinary importance in Sri Lanka.
Field visits to relevant research institutes/ farms.

>< Methodology: Laboratory and field exercises
>< Scheme of Evaluation: End of semester examination and laboratory reports
>< 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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