SYLLABUS

CLASS BSc III

ZOOLOGY THEORY PAPER B
OPTION II (ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY & PEST MANAGEMENT)
PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH
SESSION 2010 – 2011
(Uploaded by Dr A P Singh, Associate Professor in Zoology, SGGS College, Sector-26, Chandigarh, India)

SECTION – A

(A) Systematic Position, Habits and Nature of Damage Caused of the following Pests of Crops, Vegetables &
Stored Grains

I Sugarcane:
1. Sugarcane Leaf Hopper (Pyrilla perpusila) along with Life Cycle and Control Measures
2. Sugarcane Top Borer (Scirpophaga nivella)
3. Sugarcane Stem Borer (Chilotrea infuscatellus)

II Cotton
1 Pink Boll worm (Pectinophora gossypiella) along with Life Cycle and Control Measures
2 Red Cotton Bug (Dysdercus cingulatus)
3 Cotton Grey Weevil (Myllocerus maculosus)
4. Surface Grasshopper (Chrotogonus trachypterus)
5. Cotton Jassid (Empoasca devastans)

III Paddy
1 Rice Gundhy Bug (Leptocorisa varicornis) along with Life Cycle and Control Measures
2 Rice Grasshopper (Hieroglyphus banian)
3 Rice Hispa (Dicladispa armigera)

IV Wheat
1 Wheat Stem Borer (Sesemia inferens) along with Life Cycle and Control Measures
2 Termites
3. Aphids & Jassids

V Vegetables
1 Red Pumpkin Beetle (Aulacophora fovecollis)
2 Pumpkin Fruitfly (Dacus cucurbitae) along with Life Cycle and Control Measures
3. Hadda Beetle (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)

VI Stored Grains
1 Pulse Beetle (Callosobruchus maculatus) along with Life Cycle and Control Measures
2 Rice Weevil (Sitophilus oryzae)
3. Khapra Beetle (Trogoderma granarium)
4. Rust Red Flour Beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
5. Lesser Grain Borer (Rhizopertha dominica)
6. Rice Moth (Corcyra cephalonica)

(B) Systematic Position, Habits and Nature of Damage Caused of the following Pests of Medical & Veterinary
Importance:
1. Mosquitoes
2. Sand Fly (Phlebotomus minutus)
3. House Fly (Musca domestica) along with Life Cycle
4. Horse Fly (Tabanus striatus)
5. Blow Fly (Colliphora erythrocephalus)
6. Warble Fly (Hypoderma lineatum)
7. Poultry Louse (Menopon gallinae)
8. Sucking Louse (Haematopinus surysternus)
9. Fleas

(C) Development of Insects: Different Types of Metamorphosis along with a Study of different kinds of Larvae and
Pupae
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(D) Comparative Studies of Mouth Parts of Grasshopper, Honeybee, Butterfly, Red Cotton Bug and Mosquito

(E) Major Modifications in the Antennae and Legs of Insects

SECTION – B

(A) Productive Entomology

1. Sericulture
(i) Species of Silkworm; (ii) Requirements of Sericulture Industry; (iii) Grainage Management; (iv) Pre and Post-
cocoon Processing (Stifling & Reeling); (v) Diseases of Silkworm

2. Apiculture
(i) Species of Honeybees; (ii) Flora for Apiculture; (iii) Methods & Appliances of Beekeeping; (iv) Products of
Honeybees – (a) Honey; (b) Bee Wax; (c) Propolis ; (d) Pollen ; (e) Royal Jelly ; (f) Bee Venom; (v) Diseases of
Honeybees

3. Lac Culture
(i) Species of Lac Culture; (ii) Host Plants; (iii) Cultivation of Lac; (iv) Processing of Lac Industry; (v) Diseases of
Lac Cultivation

(B) Pest Management

I Biological Control:
History; Techniques; Agents – (a) Vertebrates; (b) Nemathelminthes; (c) Arthropods; (d) Protozoans; (e) Microbes –
Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi.

II Chemical Control:
History; Types & Classification of Insecticides –
(a) Insecticides of Plant Origin with special reference to Nicotine, Pyrethrum, Rotenone and Azadirachtin;
(b) Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Insecticides with special reference to DDT, Toxaphene, BNC, Chlordane, Aldrin,
Endrin and Endosulfane;
(c) Organophosphorus Insecticides with special reference to Malathion, TEPP, Parathion and DDVP;
(d) Carbamate Insecticides with special reference to Carbaryl and Carbofuran
(e) Fumigants with special reference to Hydrogen Cyanide, Methyl Bromide, Ethylene Dichloride, Carbon
Tetrachloride and Aluminium Phosphide

III Recent Methods of Pest Control

(a) Sterile Insect Release Method
(b) Behavioral Control Involving Use of Pheromones
(c) Integrated Pest Control ( IPM): Introduction, Prerequisites, Implementation Strategy, Framework and
Perspectives

NOTE: Nine Questions are to be set.

Question No 1 will be Compulsory consisting of 10 short/multiple choice questions each of 1.5 marks;
covering the whole syllabus. Total Marks 15
4 Questions will be set from each of the Section A and Section B; and 2 Questions are to attempted
from each of them; each Question will carry 13 marks
In all 5 questions are to be attempted including Compulsory Question No 1
About 50 % of the Questions will be split in to 2-4 subparts