Integrated Pest Management - IPM

Pests are herbivorous insects causing serious economic damage to crops and posing a serious challenge to sustainable agriculture across the globe. To combat this menace, farmers resolve to chemical means of control. These pesticides cause an ecological imbalance, poison the food and the environment. The insects tend to develop resistance against such chemical pesticides.

Old Farmers used to integrate other means to solve the same problem, which were quite unscientific.

Different Components of pest management were integrated in a scientific way to check the pest level and maintain it below the economic injury in Integrated Pest Management.

This course discusses categories of insects based on various parameters, survey pests and method used in the survey and its applications. The course will proceed to explain the principles of pest management and Integrated Pest Management System, components of pest management and integration tactics and end with examples of successful IPM techniques in India.

Mod-01 Lec-01 Introduction.
Mod-02 Lec-02 Insect, abundance and diversity.
Mod-02 Lec-03 Insect classification based on economic importance.
Mod-02 Lec-04 Pest, causes for outbreaks and categories.
Mod-02 Lec-05 Pest, causes for outbreaks and categories, contd....
Mod-02 Lec-06 Pest surveillance and methods of sampling.
Mod-03 Lec-07 Principles of Pest Management and History.
Mod-03 Lec-08 IPM, Definition and Concepts.
Mod-03 Lec-09 Ecological Methods of Pest Management - Legal & Cultural.
Mod-03 Lec-10 Ecological Methods of Pest Management - Cultural (Contd.).
Mod-03 Lec-11 Ecological Methods of Pest Management - Cultural (Contd..).
Mod-03 Lec-12 Ecological Methods of Pest Management - Physical.
Mod-03 Lec-13 Ecological Methods of Pest Management - Mechanical.
Mod-04 Lec-14 Host Plant Resistance.
Mod-04 Lec-15 Host Plant Resistance (Cont.).
Mod-04 Lec-16 Biological Control- Predators.
Mod-04 Lec-17 Biological Control - Parasitoids.
Mod-04 Lec-18 Biological Control - Microbes: Fungi, Bacteria and Viruses.
Mod-04 Lec-19 Biological Control - Microbes: Entomopathogenic Nematodes.
Mod-05 Lec-20 Pest management by modifying insect behaviour.
Mod-05 Lec-21 Use of sex pheromones in pest management.
Mod-05 Lec-22 Use of attractants and repellants in pest management.
Mod-05 Lec-23 Pest management through radiation technology - Principles.
Mod-05 Lec-24 Sterile Insect Technique - case studies.
Mod-06 Lec-25 Pest management through botanicals.
Mod-06 Lec-26 Pest management through botanicals (contd).
Mod-06 Lec-27 Chemical Control - History and classification.
Mod-06 Lec-28 Mode of Action of different insecticide groups.
Mod-06 Lec-29 Chemical Control - Considerations for Chemicals Integration.
Mod-06 Lec-30 Insecticide Resistance and Management.
Mod-06 Lec-31 Insecticide as component of IPM.
Mod-07 Lec-32 Biotechnological Approaches in IPM.
Mod-07 Lec-33 Agro-ecosystem Analysis.
Mod-07 Lec-34 IPM in Paddy.
Mod-07 Lec-35 IPM in Paddy (Contd.).
Mod-07 Lec-36 IPM in Pigeon pea.
Mod-07 Lec-37 IPM in Pigeon pea (Contd.).
Mod-08 Lec-38 IPM in Groundnut.
Mod-08 Lec-39 IPM in Mustard & Soyabean.
Mod-08 Lec-40 IPM in Cotton.
Mod-08 Lec-41 IPM in Cotton (Contd.).
Mod-08 Lec-42 IPM in Sugarcane.
Mod-08 Lec-43 IPM in Sugarcane (Contd.).
Mod-09 Lec-44 IPM in Tomato.
Mod-09 Lec-45 IPM in Cabbage.
Mod-09 Lec-46 IPM in Mango.
Mod-09 Lec-47 IPM in Grapes.