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Organic Pest Control
Posted Date: 20 Jan 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: Bala Member Level: Diamond
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY "ORGANIC PEST CONTROL"
21.01.2008 - 10.02.2008
Annamalai University,
Tamilnadu.
Themes of the course :
• Scope, status and application of Biological pesticides
• Potentials of microbial pesticides
• Status and application of biocontrol agents like parasitoids & predators
• Utility of pheromones
• Relevance of Host Plant Resistance
• Potentials of Plant based insecticides
• Role of cultural & traditional practices
• Value of Behavioral features of insects
Organic Pest Control :
In the aftermath of the Green revolution, India is now battling the residual effects of the extensively used chemical pesticides and fertilizers in the country’s soils and water. The decade from 1980 to 1990 alone saw the area under pesticides in India increase a whopping 20 – fold from 6 million hectares to 125 million hectares. After a high annual consumption of nearly 75,000 mt reached in the early 90s, implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) strategy has now started showing a declining trend in the use of pesticides in India. Yet, despite a comparatively low use of pesticides in India, the contamination of food products in the country is alarming. About 20% of Indian food products contain pesticide residues above tolerance level compared to only 2% globally. The reason lies in non-judicious use of the pesticides, lack of awareness and inadequate information dissemination amongst the farming community in India.
Use of pesticides over the years has culminated in varied kinds of adverse effects viz., development of pesticide resistance and resurgence in insect pests and associated pest toxicity to all lives. This alarming situation has awakened everybody to seek suitable alternatives which will be pollution - free, environment - friendly, cheap and nature - based. A silver lining to this dark cloud has appeared in the form of biopesticides. Biologically based pesticides such as botanicals, microbial pesticides, pheromones, bio - control agents etc are becoming increasingly popular. These interesting parameters are now recognized collectively as ‘Organic Pest Control’. In recent years, concept of organic pest control has been encouraged. It is in this perspective, this program focusing various components of organic pest control has been launched.
Refresher Course :
The refresher course is scheduled to he held at the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar from January 21 to February 10, 2008. The course will provide details of various components of organic pest control exhaustively. The course will be conducted for 21 days @ six hours of work per day organized in four sessions of 90 minutes each for six days per week including Saturdays. Attendance is compulsory for all the sessions.
Eligibility :
The refresher course is open to all the teachers / researchers of Universities / Colleges / ICAR research institutes / State Agricultural Universities who are working in the cadre of Asst. Professor / Scientist working in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and Science who desire to update their knowledge.
Dr. P. Narayanasamy
Co-ordinator, Refresher Course in Entomology
Professor & Head
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002, Tamilnadu.
Ph: 04144 – 291717 (Direct), 238451 (off.), 238 747 (Res.)
Mobile: 094436 – 65937
Fax: 91-4144 – 238080, 238145ss
Email: entorefresher2008@gmail.com
drpnsamy@yahoo.com
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