Skill Courses
Beneficial Insect Farming
SEC 007 · 2 (0+2) credit hours
Syllabus
Topic-wise syllabus
Skill Enhancement Course. Students pick one course from this basket (SEC 001 to SEC 012) for each Skill Enhancement slot, SEC-I to SEC-VI, in Semesters I to IV. Counts are numbers of practicals.
Practical
23 topics · 24 practicals
| No. | Topic | Practicals |
|---|---|---|
| Unit I | ||
| 1 | Identification of Beneficial Insects- Bees, Silkworms, Lac insects, parasitoids, predators, and weed killers, etc. | 1 |
| 2 | Introduction to Beekeeping, life cycle and biology of honey bees | 1 |
| 3 | Apiary Setup: Site selection, hive types, tools and equipment required, protective clothing and safety procedures | 1 |
| 4 | Honeybee colony management practices | 1 |
| 5 | Insect pests, mites, and diseases identification and their management in beehive | 1 |
| 6 | Harvesting bee products-Honey, wax, pollen, propolis, and royal jelly | 1 |
| 7 | Introduction to Lac culture and lac insect biology | 1 |
| 8 | Host plants for lac Insects and lac cultivation techniques | 1 |
| 9 | Harvesting and post-harvest processing techniques | 1 |
| Unit II | ||
| 10 | Introduction to Sericulture, types of Silkworms, life cycle and biology | 1 |
| 11 | Silkworm rearing- Disinfection of rearing house and appliances, equipment required, temperature and humidity control, Chawki rearing, late age larva rearing | 2 |
| 12 | Host Plant Cultivation for silkworm-Moriculture | 1 |
| 13 | Silkworm cocoon harvesting and its processing | 1 |
| 14 | Silkworm disease and insect pests identification and their management practices | 1 |
| 15 | Introduction to the parasitoids of insect pests, their biology and significance | 1 |
| Unit III | ||
| 16 | Mass culturing of Rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) | 1 |
| 17 | Mass production techniques of egg parasitoid, Trichogramma chilonis Ishii and preparing Tricho card | 1 |
| 18 | Mass production techniques of egg-larval parasitoid, Chelonus blackburnii Ishii | 1 |
| 19 | Field application techniques and storage of parasitoids | 1 |
| 20 | Introduction to the predators of insect pests, their biology and significance | 1 |
| 21 | Mass production techniques of green lacewing, Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi | 1 |
| 22 | Field application techniques of predators | 1 |
| 23 | Economics, marketing, laws, and regulations related to the beneficial insect farming | 1 |