Syllabus
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Course Code: B-ZOO-S1 Course Name: Economic Zoology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Vertebrate and non vertebrate pest of Sugarcane and Wheat 2. Integrated pest management 3. Cultural control, Physical control, Mechanical control, Chemical control, Biological control, Herbal control and legal control and Pheromones involved in pest management. 4. Insects of Economic Importance : Biology, Control and damage caused by Helicoverpa armigera, Pyrilla perpusilla and Papilio demoleus, Callosobruchus chinensis, Sitophilus oryzae and Tribolium castaneum |
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| 2 | 5. Basics of Apiculture and Sericulture 6. Sericulture : Types of silk, species of silk moth (scientific names), Silkworms and their host plants, mulberry silk worm culture, agricultural aspects of mulberry plant cultivation, extraction and reeling of silk, natural enemies and diseases of silkworm and their control. 7. Apiculture : Species of honey bees in India, life history of Apis cerana indica, apiculture techniques, bee products and their uses, natural enemies and diseases of honey bee and their control. 8. Principles of poultry breeding, Management of breeding stock and broilers, Processing and Preservation of eggs, Poultry diseases - Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Protozoan |
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