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VIII. Teaching Methods/ Activities
• Lectures
• Providing study materials/ lecture materials
• Practical manuals
• Assignments (writing/ reading)
• Text books/ publications/ reviews/ technical bulletins/ manuals/ proceedings of
scientific seminars
• Students presentations
• Group discussions
• Visits to silkworm rearing house/ silkworm pathology laboratories
IX. Learning outcome
After undergoing this course the students will acquire knowledge on the concept
of pest, damage caused, outbreaks, pest management principles and methods, IPM
and eco-friendly measures. In addition, they will have detailed information on the
bio-ecology and management of pests encountered in sericulture which certainly
helps them for effective advocation to the rearers and graneurs. This inturn ensures
sustainability of sericulture.
X. Suggested Reading
Dandin SB, Jayant Jayaswal and Giridhar K. 2003. 
Handbook of Sericulture Technologies
.
CSB, Bangalore.
Dent DR and Walton MP. 1997. 
Methods in Ecological and Agricultural Entomology.
CAB
International, Cambridge.
Gautam RD. 1994. 
Biological Pest Suppression
. Westvill Publishing House, New Delhi.
Ghosh MR. 1989. 
Concepts of Insect Control
. New Age International Publishers, New Delhi.
Govindan R, Ramakrishna Naika and Sannappa B. 2004. 
Progress of Research on Disease and
Pest Management in Sericulture
. Seri Scientific Publishers, Bangalore.
Huang E. 2003. 
Protection of Mulberry Plants
. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi and Calcutta.
Metcalf Cl, Flint WP and Metcalf RL. 1962. 
Destructive and Useful Insects
. MacGraw-Hill Book
Co. Inc., New York and London.
Narayanaswamy KC and Devaiah MC. 1998. 
Silkworm Uzi Fly
. Zen Publishers, Bangalore.

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Restructured and Revised Syllabi of Post-graduate Programmes
Vol. 1
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Nataraju B, Sathyaprasad K, Manjunath D and Aswani Kumar C. 2005. 
Silkworm Crop
Protection. 
Central Silk Board, Bangalore.
Reddy DNR and Narayanaswamy KC. 2003. 
Pests of Mulberry
. Zen Publishers, Bangalore.
Sengupta K, Kumar P, Baig M and Govindaiah. 1990. 
Handbook on Pest and Disease Control of
Mulberry and Silkworm
. ESCAP, UN, Thailand.
Singh RN, Samson MV and Datta RK. 2000. 
Pest Management in Sericulture
. Indian Publishers,
Delhi.
Journals
•
Indian Journal of Sericulture
, Central Silk Board, Bangalore
•
Indian Silk
, Central Silk Board, Bangalore
•
Seridoc
. Central Silk Board, Bangalore
•
Journal of Sericultural Science Japan
, Japan
•
Korean Journal of Sericultural Sciences
•
Sericologia
, International Sericultural Commission, India
•
Bulletin of Indian Academy of Sericulture
Websites
• www.csb.gov.in/
• www.karnataka.gov.in/kssrdi/documents/2019/tender%20KC.pdf
• www.tnau.ac.in
• www.csrtimys.res.in/

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