Exam Details
| Subject | Integrated Pest Management | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Bachelor Degree Programme (APPLICATION ORIENTED COURSE) | |
| Department | School of Sciences (SOS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Define the following terms:
Pest Spectrum
Migrant Pest
Larval Instar
Insect
Trap Crop
State whether the following statements are True or False
Absolute estimates do not represent the pest population in terms of pests per unit area.
Population of pests can be predicted through regression model.
Stored grain pests die at less than 13°C or higher than 35°C.
Process of pest monitoring is often referred to as random survey.
From the pest management point of view secondary carnivores are harmful as they kill useful carnivores.
Differentiate between the following pairs:
Allomone and Antimone
Monogenic resistance and Polygenic resistance
Chlorosis and Necrosis
Major pest and Minor pest
Monophagous and Polyphagous pests·
Expand the following abbreviations:
IGR
ETL
IFTK
IPPC
IPM
2. Describe the life-cycle of brinjal fruit and shoot borer, Leucinodes orbonalis, with the help of suitable diagrams. Describe its various control measures.
3. Why are insects so successful as pests
4. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Bt Cotton
Neem as Pesticide
Plant Health Clinics
Name any five important pests associated with households.
Explain the functions of Farmer Field School(FFS).
6. Describe two cultural methods of pest management with the help of suitable examples.
7. Define pesticide and enlist their tyPes. Discuss their merits and demerits.
8. Discuss the scope of traditional knowledge in pest management in modern agriculture. Explain the role of women in integrated pest management.
Explain the objectives of Insecticide Act of India, 1968.
Explain the role of pest modelling in IPM.
10. What strategies should be adopted in future to promote IPM Describe in detail.
Pest Spectrum
Migrant Pest
Larval Instar
Insect
Trap Crop
State whether the following statements are True or False
Absolute estimates do not represent the pest population in terms of pests per unit area.
Population of pests can be predicted through regression model.
Stored grain pests die at less than 13°C or higher than 35°C.
Process of pest monitoring is often referred to as random survey.
From the pest management point of view secondary carnivores are harmful as they kill useful carnivores.
Differentiate between the following pairs:
Allomone and Antimone
Monogenic resistance and Polygenic resistance
Chlorosis and Necrosis
Major pest and Minor pest
Monophagous and Polyphagous pests·
Expand the following abbreviations:
IGR
ETL
IFTK
IPPC
IPM
2. Describe the life-cycle of brinjal fruit and shoot borer, Leucinodes orbonalis, with the help of suitable diagrams. Describe its various control measures.
3. Why are insects so successful as pests
4. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Bt Cotton
Neem as Pesticide
Plant Health Clinics
Name any five important pests associated with households.
Explain the functions of Farmer Field School(FFS).
6. Describe two cultural methods of pest management with the help of suitable examples.
7. Define pesticide and enlist their tyPes. Discuss their merits and demerits.
8. Discuss the scope of traditional knowledge in pest management in modern agriculture. Explain the role of women in integrated pest management.
Explain the objectives of Insecticide Act of India, 1968.
Explain the role of pest modelling in IPM.
10. What strategies should be adopted in future to promote IPM Describe in detail.
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Subjects
- Environmental Chemistry
- Foundation Course in Science andTechnology
- Human Environment
- Integrated Pest Management
- Operations Research
- Statistical Techniques
- Teaching of Primary School Mathematics