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I. Course Title
: IPM in Protected Cultivation
II. Course Code
: NEMA 515/ PATH 521/ ENT 524
III. Credit Hours
: 2+1
IV. Aim of the course
To sensitize the pest and disease scenario developing in crops raised under protected
cultivation and to impart knowledge about the remedy.
V. Theory
Unit I
Characteristics of protected cultivation and tools for sustainable crop production;

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Plant Protection–Nematology
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outline of major biotic stresses in protected cultivation including: fungi, bacteria,
virus, nematode, insects and mites.
Unit II
Sampling and monitoring pests and diseases; epidemiology and damage
relationships; loss assessment; population dynamics of biotic stress agents; factors
responsible for severity of pests and diseases.
Unit III
Host plant resistance to pathogens and insects; management strategies for protected
cultivation: disinfestation of soil and growth media; preventive, scouting and early
detection; and curative measures: biological control of sap sucking pests, leaf miners;
soil- and air-borne pathogens; pesticides selectivity, applications and resistance
management; buzz pollination.
VI. Practical
• Visit to familiarize with pest and disease situations developing in protected
cultivation;
• Symptomatology and damages; identification of the causes; estimation of population
densities; management tactics/ approaches and recommendations; production and
commercialization of biological agents.
VII. Learning outcome
Students are expected to be well versed with the crop pest and disease problems
associated with protected cultivation and their management.
VIII. Suggested Reading
Gullino ML, Albajes, R and Nicot P. 2019. 
Integrated Pest and Disease Management in
Greenhouse Crops
. Ed. 2
nd
, Springer, New York.
Rathee 
et al
. 2018. Integrated Pest Management under Protected Cultivation—A Review.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies
, 6 (2): 1201–1208.