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Unit 2:
Bacterial diseases
Leaf blight and Rot diseases-Classification, occurrence, symptoms of
damage extent of crop loss and management.
Unit 3:
Viral diseases
Leaf mosaic and mulberry dwarf diseases classification, occurrence,
symptoms extent of crop loss and management.
Unit 4:
Nematode disease
Root knot diseases- Classification, occurrence, symptoms, identification
of root knots extent of crop loss and management.
BLOCK 2: Mulberry Pests and their Management
Unit 1:
Leaf eating pests (Defoliators)
Mulberry leaf roller, Bihar hairy caterpillar, wingless grasshopper,
cutworm, rootgrubs -Classification, status, seasonal incidence, damaged
caused symptoms, loss, lifecycle and management.
Unit 2:
Sap feeders (Sucking pests)
Thrips, jassids, spiraling whitefly, scale insects, mealy bugs, spider

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Sericulture
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mites -Classification, status, seasonal incidence, damaged caused
symptoms, loss, lifecycle and management.
Unit 3:
Minor pests of mulberry
Stem borer, termites, May–June beetles, stem girdler beetle -
RotsClassification, status, seasonal incidence, damaged caused
symptoms, loss, lifecycle and management.
VII. Practicals
• Collection of insect and non-insect pests from mulberry garden and their
preservation;
• Classification of mulberry pests based on taxonomy and nature of feeding;
• Classification of mulberry diseases;
• Collection of diseased specimen from mulberry garden and their preservation;
• Classification of mulberry diseases based on taxonomy and parts of the plants
damaged;
• Incidence and estimation of damage to mulberry caused by mulberry leaf webber;
• Incidence and estimation of damage to mulberry caused Bihar Hairy Caterpillar;
• Study of life cycle of mulberry leaf webber;
• Study of life cycle of Black Headed Hairy Caterpillar;
• Study of life cycle of mulberry leaf spot;
• Study of life cycle of mulberry leaf rust;
• Study of life cycle of powdery mildew of mulberry;
• Isolation of leaf spot fungus and bacterial blight pathogen in the laboratory and
characterization;
• Varietal response of mulberry to root knot nematode disease;
• Incidence, symptoms and damage of Tukra disease on different varieties of
mulberry;
• Life cycle of wingless grasshopper and cutworm on mulberry;
• Incidence of thrips on the available varieties of mulberry;
• Collection of specific predators and parasites in mulberry garden, preservation
and their classification;
• Diseases and pests associated with mulberry nursery and tree mulberry;
• Commonly used insecticides and fungicides in mulberry garden-classification,
forms, formulations and their applications.