M.Sc. (Ag.) Entomology

Course Structure

Semester I
1 ENT 501* INSECT MORPHOLOGY
2 ENT 502* INSECT ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION
3 ENT 503 PRINCIPLES OF TAXONOMY
4 ENT 505* INSECT ECOLOGY
5 ENT 508* TOXICOLOGY OF INSECTICIDES
6 ENT 518* TECHNIQUES IN PLANT PROTECTION
7 COMP 705 Computer Orientation
8 MAS 711 Statistics I

Semester II
1 ENT 504* CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS
2 ENT 506 INSECT PATHOLOGY
3 ENT 507* BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CROP PESTS AND WEEDS
4 ENT 511*# PESTS OF FIELD CROPS
5 ENT 512*# PESTS OF HORTICULTURAL AND PLANTATION CROPS
6 ENT 513 STORAGE ENTOMOLOGY
7 ENT 515 GENERAL ACAROLOGY
8 MAS 715 Statistics II
Total Credit 18

1 ENT 509 PLANT RESISTANCE TO INSECTS
2 ENT 510* PRINCIPLES OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
3 ENT 514 INSECT VECTORS OF PLANT VIRUSES AND OTHER PATHOGENS
4 ENT 516 SOIL ARTHROPODS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
5 ENT 519 COMMERCIAL ENTOMOLOGY
6 ENT 517 VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT
7 ENT 520 PLANT QUARANTINE

Semester IV

1 ENT 591 MASTER’S SEMINAR
2 ENT 599 MASTER’S RESEARCH