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Beekeeping - 1 day training on 6th of Every month

ஒருநாள் தேனீ வளர்ப்புப் பயிற்சி

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About the Department

The seeds for the Department of Agricultural Entomology were sown in the year 1906 with the initiation of research on economic aspects of Agricultural Entomology in the then Madras Presidency. In 1912 an independent fledgling of the Entomology section was started and the first Government Entomologist, Dr. T. B. Fletcher, carried forward the activities at Coimbatore. Another milestone was achieved in the year 1920 with the start of undergraduate degree programme. The graduate students were offered courses on Agricultural Entomology viz. , fundamentals and economic entomology, principles of pest control and management of field and horticultural crop pests. Dr. T. V. Ramakrishna Iyer, eminent entomologist laid the foundation for graduate teaching. In the year 1959, the Department started the M.Sc. (Ag.) programme in Agricultural Entomology. To further the education endeavour, Ph.D courses are being offered since 1961.

Faculty

PROFESSORS

Dr. N. Muthukrishnan

Dr. S. Jeyarajan Nelson

Dr. C.A. Mahalingam

Dr. M. Muthuswami

Dr. V. Balasubramani

Dr. S. Manimegalai
Dr. K. Bhuvaneswari

Dr. R. Vishnupriya

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Dr. N. Chitra

Dr. E. Sumathi

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Dr. P.A. Saravanan

Dr. B. Vinoth Kumar
Dr. A. Suganthi
Dr. T. Srinivasan

Dr. M. Paramasivam

Technical Staff

Mr. S. Arul Nayakam, ASO

Mr. K. Sethupathy, AAO

Ms. S. Bakkiyalakshmi, AAO

OFFICE STAFFS

Mr. V. Damodaran, Asst.

Ms. K. Umarani, Jr. Asst. cum Typist

Ms.  M. Vijayalashmi, Jr. Asst. cum Typist

Mr. S. Arulnayagam, Agrl. Supr.

Ms. R. Manjula, Lab Tech.

Ms. B. Manivannan, Lab Tech.

Mr. M. Prakash, Lab Asst.

Mr. P. Balasundaram, Lab Asst.

Ms. M. Kiruthika Jothi, Lab Asst.

Mr. K. Krishnamoorthy, Office Asst.

Research - Thrust Areas

Pink boll worm on Cotton
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Biological control was initiated in 1970's, Development of entomophagous insects and entomopathogens ....

HOST PLANT RESISTANCE

Establishment of germplasm bank for maintaining the sources of resistance in crop plants against major pests ...

PESTICIDE TOXICOLOGY

Pesticide toxicology is a field of science concerned with the study of the harmful effects of various chemical, biological and physical ...

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

Department of Agricultural Entomology is the lead centre for the co-ordinate trials.  Crops oriented IPM package was ...

INSECT BIOSYSTEMATICS
ACAROLOGY
APICULTURE
STORED PRODUCT ENTOMOLOGY

Biosystematics is the science through which life (insect) forms are discovered, identified, described, named, classified ...

Study of mites and ticks belongs to the animals order Acarina. It is a subfield of arachnology, a sub-discipline of the field of ...

Apiculture (or beekeeping) is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in man-made hives, by humans ...

Stored product entomology is the study of insects which infest foodstuffs stored in the home. It deals with the prevention ... 

Education

Under Graduate

Courses are offered to undergraduate degree programmes namely B.Sc (Ag.), B.Tech (Biotechnology), B.Tech ...

Post Graduate

PG students specialize in areas namely biological control, pesticide toxicology, chemical ecology, host plant resistance ...

Doctoral Courses

PhD students specialize in areas namely biological control, pesticide toxicology, host plant resistance, storage entomology ...

Facilities Available

INSECT MUSEUM
BIOSYSTEMATICS LAB
BIOCONTROL LAB
TOXICOLOGY LAB

India’s first insect museum themed, “Bugs are kings” was opened by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on March 26, 2018 ...

UG LABORATORY

Well established and dynamic laboratories are functioning for under graduate students for their discipline wise ...

Network project deals with exploration, collection and identification of insects from wild and cultivated habitats ...

PG LABORATORY

Advanced laboratories are functioning for Post graduate and Doctoral students for their specialization wise ...

Main objective of bio-control laboratories is to control pests through the use of natural predators and parasitoids ... 

INSECTARY

A place for the keeping or rearing of living insects for the various activities of research and education for students ...

Establishment of a full-fledged Pesticide Testing Laboratory in 1973, the work on pesticide residues was intensified ...

APIARY

An apiary is a location beehives of honey bees are kept. It promotes the cross pollination in plants ...

Contact

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore 641003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Office : +91 422 6611214
Phone: +91 422 6611414
Mobile:+91 900376287
email: entomology@tnau.ac.in

 

Dr. N. Sathiah

Professor and Head

Department of Agricultural Entomology

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