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Research work and dissertation on “Biological Control of Sugarcane Top Borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis, in Sindh Province, Pakistan" (Click here to view contents of Research Studies)

Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan

  2004

 

Thesis on "Effect of Rice cultivation on the incidence of Pink Stem Borer, Sesamia inferens (Walk.) on Sugarcane at Nawabshah" (Click here to view contents of Research Studies)

Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan                       

  1995
 

University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan

  1993
 
  • Short Courses

Several Short Courses on Entomology (Click here to View)

Short Courses in Computer, Marketing, Sales, Product Development, and Personnel Management

 

Contents of Ph.D. Research Studies

 

Biology

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Biology of sugarcane top borer, Scirpophaga excerptalis Wlk..

Biology of the parasitoids

Biology of egg parasitoid, Telenomus dignus (Gahan)

Biology of egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis Ishii

Biology of larval parasitoid, Elasmus zehntneri Ferr

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Occurrence and Phenology of Sugarcane top borer, S. excerptalis

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Infestation of sugarcane top borer in different areas of lower and middle Sindh

Relative infestation of sugarcane top borer, Scirpophaga spp. at Hyderabad.

Population trends of S. excerptalis on different sugarcane plantations

Oviposition

Larval population

 

Effect of host plant age on the oviposition of S. excerptalis.

Phenology of S. excerptalis

 

Occurrence of parasitoids and their relative parasitism on S. excerptalis

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Population trends of the parasitoids

Egg parasitoids

Larval parasitoids

Pupal parasitoid

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Relative parasitism

Egg parasitoids

Larval parasitoids

 

Effect of different sugarcane varieties on the occurrence of S. excerptalis and its parasitoids

 

Management of S. excerptalis through biological control methods

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Conservation.

Redistribution

Mass rearing and Augmentation

Control of S. excerptalis through the augmentation of larval parasitoid, E. zehntneri

Control of S. excerptalis through the augmentation of egg parasitoid, T. dignus

Control of S. excerptalis through the combined augmentation of E. zehntneri and T. dignus

Role of T. dignus in synergising the parasitism of   T. chilonis and its effect on the population

          of sugarcane top borer

Effect of the combined augmentation of T. dignus and T. chilonis.

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MS (Course of Studies)

 

FIRST YEAR

 

Toxicology of Insecticides

Chemical Ecology of Insects

Advance Insects Morphology

 

 

SECOND YEAR

 

Computer Application in Crop Protection

Advance Economic Entomology

Advance Insects Physiology

 

Contents of MS Research Studies

 

Biology of Sesamia inferens

Biology of Sesamia inferens on other Host Plants

Host Range of  Sesamia inferens

Ovipositional Preference of Sesamia inferens

Ovipositional preference of Sesamia inferens to sugarcane plants of different age

Larval survival of Sesamia inferens in the sugarcane plant of different age groups

Phenology and population trends of Sesamia inferens on different host plants

 

Phenology of Sesamia inferens on different host plants

Sugarcane

Wheat

Maize and Sorghum

Rice

Weeds

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Population Trends of Sesamia inferens on different host plant

Sugarcane

Wheat

Maize and Sorghum

Rice

Weeds

 

Varietal Susceptibility of Rice to Sesamia inferens.

Natural Enemies of Sesamia inferens.

Trichogramma Chilonis Ishii

Cotesia flavipes (Cameron)

Stenobracon deesae (Cameron)

 

Winter behavior of Sesamia inferens

 

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BS (Course of Studies)

 

First Year

 

First Semester

Major Courses

Soil Science-I

Farm Forestry

Basic Agriculture

 

Supporting Courses

English

Animal Husbandry

Physiology and Autecology

Rural Sociology

 

Second Semester

Major Courses

Soil Science-II

Introduction to Range and Watershed Management

Principles of Agronomy

Introduction to Vegetable Culture-I

Introduction to Agriculture Economics

 

Supporting Courses

English

Taxonomy and Synecology

Pakistan Studies

 

Second Year

 

Third Semester

Major Courses

Introductory Morphology and Bacteriology

Introductory Entomology

Introductory Plant Breeding and Genetics -I

Introduction to Fruit Culture

Field Crop Production-I

Introduction to Agri. Edu. & Extension

 

Supporting Courses

Animal Preventive Medicine

Islamic Studies

 

Fourth Semester

Major Courses

Introductory Plant Pathology

Applied Entomology

Introductory Plant Breeding & Genetics-II

Field Crop Production-II

Food Processing & Preservation

Nursery & Orchard Management

Introduction to Vegetable Culture-II

 

Third Year

MAJOR: AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY 

 

Fifth Semester

Major Courses

Arid Zone Agriculture

Insect Morphology

Insect Taxonomy

Beneficial Insects

Household Pests

Supporting Courses

Farm Mechanization

Irrigation and Drainage Practices

Islamic Studies

         

Sixth Semester

Major Courses

Insects Physiology

Classification of Adult Insects

Insect Pest Management

Stored Grain Pest Management 

General Agronomy-I

 

Supporting Courses

Introduction to Statistics

Experimental Design

Pakistan Studies

                  

 

Fourth Year

MAJOR: AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY 

        

Seventh Semester

Major Courses

Insect Life and Natural History

Agricultural Pests-I

Insects Ecology

Insecticide and their Application

General Agronomy-II

Agri. Economics

 

Supporting Courses

Farm Record and Planning

Islamic Studies

                  

Eighth Semester

Major Courses

Pest Scouting & Forecasting

Agricultural Pests-II

Insect Behavior

Field Entomology

Plant Resistance to Insect Pests

Entomological Literature & Experimental Design

 

Supporting Courses

Pakistan and the Modern World

Pakistan Studies

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Short Courses on Entomology

Do all pests fall under the definition of insects?

The orders of Insects

A Trip to the Head

Return to the Head

The Propeller

Sex (or, a look at an Insect’s abdomen)

Insect classification 1

Insect classification 2

The German Cockroach

The Patriotic Cockroach

The Oriental Cockroach

The Wasps

Ants in our Pants

The Blood Suckers

Stealth in the night (Earwig, Crickets, Pill bugs, Sow bugs, Millipedes, and Centipedes

Havoc in the kitchen (Indian Meal Moth, The Yellow Meal Worm, The Drugstore Beetle, Saw-toothed

          Grain Beetle, Bean Weevil)

The House Mouse

Beetles at your home

Files can flee but fleas can not fly

Controlling the urban rats

The sting of the scorpion

Wasps and beetles making your house Just a “Dead Tree”

The Termites

My pellets are groovy

Carpenter Ants and Bees

Wood infecting fungus and moisture problems

Pesticides-The Basics

Pesticides-Training and safety equipments

Pesticides-Their proper and effective use

Pesticides safety and hazard control

Pesticide safety - Respiratory protection training

IPM for the PMP

Mosquitoes- Their biology and habits

Mites of public health importance

Mosquitoes control for the best  Management Professional

Fleas as vectors and their control

Fumigation-From the beginning

Fumigation instruments and Safety Equipments

Turf pest insects-Caterpillars and flies

Turf pest insects-the White Grubs