1. FUNCTIONAL INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization defines
IPM as the careful consideration of all available pest control
techniques and subsequent integration of appropriate
measures that discourage the development of pest populations
and keep pesticides and other interventions to levels that are
economically justified and reduce or minimize risks to human
health and environment. IPM emphasizes the growth of a
healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-
ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms.
Entomologists and ecologists have urged the adoption of IPM
pest control since the 1970s.IPM was formulated into national
policy in 1970s through 1980s, when government agencies
advised to take steps to advance the application of IPM in all
relevant sectors. The Green Revolution of the 1960s and '70s in
India introduced sturdier plants that could support the heavier
grain loads resulting from intensive fertilizer use. Pesticide
imports, according to FAO statistics, consequently grew nearly
sevenfold in value between 1990 and 2010 with disastrous
results.
The department of Agricultural Entomology, of Tamil
Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), was established this time
in the last century to cater to the plant protection needs of
farmers. This department has a strong institutional network in
place to take on the challenges of plant protection in the
country in a harmonized manner.
The objective of the proposed training is to enlighten
the knowledge of the qualified entomologists across the nation
on adoption of functional IPM technologies to reduce the cost of
production and minimizing environmental and public health
hazards. This would ultimately lead in minimization of crop
losses due to pests through creation and harmonization of plant
protection knowledge base and evolution of effective,
economically viable and ecologically sound pest management
technologies
COURSE OUTLINE
• Safe use of pesticides in pestmanagement
• Transgenic crops in IPM
• Ecological approaches in pestmanagement
• New vistas in functional insectpestmanagement
• Biological control – Is itmyth or worth?
• Nanotechnology tools for insectpestmanagement
• Classical biological control – Success stories in India
• Plantresistance in pestmanagement
• Quantitative basis for insectpestmanagement
• Info chemicals in pestmanagement
• Induced systemic resistance in plants
• Pestmanagementin protected cultivation
• Climate resilience and insectpestmanagement
• Integration of entomophages in IPM
• Integration of hostplant resistance in IPM
• Geoinformatic tools in pestmanagement
• Systems analysis and modeling in pestmanagement
• Relevance of taxonomy in IPM
• Indigenous technical knowledge in IPM
• Integration of botanicals in pestmanagement
• Crop habitat diversity and insectpestmanagement
• Genetic improvement of insectpathogens
• Insecticide Resistance Management: Scope and
Implementation
• Pesticide contamination in India: Status and issues
• Genetic improvement of entomophages
• Biotechnological approaches in insectpest
management
• Insectbiodiversity in IPM
• Quarantine pests and their management
• Partial budgeting for integrated pestmanagement
ELIGIBILITY
Participant should be a post graduate entomologist
from an ICAR institute or State Agricultural University and shall
preferably be below the age of 45 years. Candidates who have
undergone any training related to this field of research earlier
at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University need notapply
VENUE
Departmentof Agricultural Entomology
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore – 641 003
TRAVEL
The Centre would pay to and fro rail fare by AC-III tier
or by bus by the shortest route to the candidates on
production of actual tickets. The candidates have to provide
a certificate to the effect that they have not been given
TA and DA by the sponsoring institute for travel.
ACCOMMODATION
Boarding and lodging will be arranged for the
participants in the campus according to the budget provided by
the ICAR.
LOCATION AND SEASON
Coimbatore is located near the picturesque Western
Ghats. The weather during December will be cool and pleasant.
Candidates are requested to equip themselves with mild winter
clothing.
APPLICATION AND SELECTION
Candidates are requested to visit the website of
Capacity Building Programme of ICAR at
http://iasri.res.in/cbp/ and create login ID and apply online for
the this CAFT course. They are also requested to send filled in
application forms through proper channel to the following
address by post. Advance copy can be sentby email.
Dr. S. Kuttalam
Professor and Head, Director of CAFT
Departmentof Agricultural Entomology
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore - 641 003
Telephone : 0422-6611414 / 6611214, Fax : 0422-6611437
E-mail : entomology@tnau.ac.in, jskennedy@tnau.ac.in
URL: http://sites.tnau.ac.in/cpps
Last date for receipt of application through the
sponsoring Institute is 15.10.2014.
Candidates will be informed of their selection before 01.11.2014
2. FUNCTIONAL INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT
APPLICATION FORM FOR PARTICIPATION IN TRAINING
PROGRAMME
1. Full Name (in block
letters)
:
2. Designation :
3. Present employer
and address
:
4. Address to which
reply should be sent
(in block letters)
along with e-mail,
phone & mobile
number
:
5. Date of birth :
6. Sex : Male / Female :
7. Teaching / Research/
Professional
experience (mention
post held during last
5 years and number
of publications)
:
8. Field of specialization
and current area of
research / teaching
:
9. Mention if you have
participated in any
Summer / Winter
School/ Short
Course, etc. during
the last 3 years
under ICAR & other
organizations.
:
10. Academic record
Examinationpassed
Subjectsmain/
subsidiary
Yearofpassing
Class/rank/distinctions
UniversityorInstitution
Bachelor's
degree
Master's
degree
Ph.d
11. Authority who shall issue relieving :
orders in the event of selection
(Address & e-mail ID)
Place …………..
Date :…………… Signature of the applicant
12. Recommendations
of the Head of the
Department
:
It is certified that the information furnished above are
correct.
Certificate
Date:
Signature & Designation of the sponsoring authority
with office seal
CENTRE OF ADVANCED FACULTY TRAINING ON
FUNCTIONAL INSECT PEST
MANAGEMENT
December 2 - 22, 2014
Course Director
S. Kuttalam
Professor and Head
Course Coordinators
J.S. Kennedy, Professor
S. Sridharan, Professor
D. Rajabaskar, Assistant Professor
K. Ganesan, Assistant Professor
Sponsored by
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
New Delhi
Organized by
Department of Agricultural Entomology
Centre for Plant Protection Studies
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore - 641 003
