BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CROP PEST AND WEEDS

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CROP PEST AND WEEDS

UNIT – 1
HISTORY, PRINCIPLES AND SCOPE OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
IMPORTANT GROUPS OF PARASITOIDS, PREDATORS AND PATHOGENS.
PRINCIPLES OF CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL – IMPORTATION, AUGMENTATION & CONSERVATION.

UNIT-2

BIOLOGY, ADAPTATION, HOST SEEKING BEHAVIOR OF PREDATORY AND PARASITIC GROUPS OF INSECTS .
ROLE OF INSECTS PATHOGENIC NEMATODES, VIRUSES, BACTERIA, FUNGI, PROTOZOA & THEIR MODE OF ACTION.
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS USING INSECTS.
UNIT 3

MASS PRODUCTION OF QUALITY BIOCONTROL AGENTS – FORMULATIONS, ECONOMICS, FIELD RELEASE/APPLICATION & EVALUATIONS.

Bauveria bassiana

 

Metarrhizium anisopliae

Trichogramma spp

 

Coccinellid beetle
Chrysopa

Unit-4

 

SUCCESSFUL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL PROJECTS , TRENDS , ANALYSIS AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL.

 

IMPORTANT OF NATURAL ENEMIES – QUARANTINE REGULATION , BIOTECHNOLOGY IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
 SEMIO CHEMICALS IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL.
 

 

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