Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, India
Beekeeping - 1 day training on 6th of Every month
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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