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VI. Theory
BLOCK 1: Pest and Pest Outbreak
Unit 1:
Pests, classification and damage
Concept of pests, classification of insect pests. Types of damage caused
to host plants of silkworms and assessment of extent of damage.
Unit 2:
Pest outbreaks and pest surveillance and forecasting
Causes for insects assuming pest status. Factors affecting the natural
balance of insects in mulberry eco-system. Pest surveillance and
forecasting of outbreaks.
Block 2:
Pest Management
Unit 1:
Principles and methods concept of pest management
Principles and methods of pest management. Integrated pest
management – Meaning, practical utilization and merits.
Unit 2:
Eco-friendly pest management
Eco-friendly pest management – concept, incorporation in IPM package,
benefits. Development of cultural and mechanical methods, botanicals,
other animal derived insecticides and biological control means in IPM.
Block 3:
Bio – Ecology And Integrated Management Of Pests
Unit 1:
Mulberry Pests
Bio-ecology and IPM of root feeding, steam boring, leaf eating and sap
sucking pests of mulberry.
Unit 2:
Mulberry silkworm uzifly
Biology of mulberry silkworm uzifly in relation to the biotic and abiotic
environment and IPM package for the pest.
Unit 3:
Grainage pests
Pests eccountered in mulberry silkworm egg production centres,
damage caused and their management.
Unit 4:
Pests of non-mulberry silkworm food plants
Incidence and extent of damage caused by pests on castor, terminalia
and som. Biology of important defoliators and effect of ecological factors
and IPM of important pests.
Unit 5:
Pests of non-mulberry silkworms
An account of biology of pests and predators of tropical and temperate
tasar silkworms and muga silkworm. Pests of eri silkworm. IPM of
Blepharipa zebra, Canthecona furcellata 
and bird predators of tropical
tasar.
VII. Practicals
• Survey and collection of insect pests of mulberry and their classification;
• Observations on nature and extent of damage and loss occurred to mulberry;
• Sampling methods for pest surveillance;
• Incidence of termites on different varieties of mulberry;

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• Incidence of jassids, black headed hairy caterpillar and leaf folder on mulberry;
• Incidence of white mealy bug on different mulberry varieties;
• Life cycle of black headed hairy caterpillar on mulberry and castor;
• Biology of mulberry leaf webber and its varietal preference and IPM;
• Study of botanical pesticides and bio-agents used in mulberry pest management;
• Study of biological control agents used in mulberry eco-system and uzifly
management;
• Forms, formulations and application of pesticides;
• Safety insecticides, their permissible limits and safety periods in mulberry pest
management;
• Integrated management of rootknot nematode of mulberry;
• Incidence and biology of uzifly on mulberry silkworm;
• Construction of life table for indian uzifly based on the available data;
• Integrated management of mulberry silkworm uzifly;
• Survey for insect and non-insect pests in mulberry silkworm grainage;
• Study of pests of castor and 
Terminalia
spp. and their management;
• Visit to CSGRC, Hosur/ R & D instiutions.