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MZOE 006 2025 - English

ASSIGNMENT

(Tutor Marked Assignment)

Course Code:MZOE-006

Assignment Code: MZOE-00G/MA/2025

Maximum Marka: 100

Note: Attempt all questions. The marks for each question are indicated against it.

1. Write short notes on the following:

a) Concept of pest status.

b) Structural perfections exhibited by the insect pests.

c) Developmental characteristics exhibited by the insect pests.

d) Extent of damage caused by pests.

2 Describe the evolutionary arms race between plants and herbivores.

What role do microbial symbionts play in insect-plant interactions?

Explain how host shifts in insects can lead to speciation.

iv). Evaluate the role of RNA interference (RNAi) in pest management.

3. Write short notes on the following:

Gundhi Bug (Leptocorisa varicomis) adult

Damage caused by E. insulana

Damage caused by Sugarcane Pyrilla

iv) Management of Castor Semilooper

4.a). Discuss the various stored grain insect pest management strategies.

b). List the various functions of Locust Warming Organisation (LWO) Explain its role in International cooperation to manage the locusts in different countries.

5. Discus the process of host plant resistance (HP) in insects

6. Discuss the merits and demerits of chemical control methods.

7.a). How does the use of biotechnological methods in pest control contribute to Integrated Pest Management (PM)?

b). What are insect growth regulators (IGP), and how do they help in pest management?

8.a). Write the objective of Integrated Vector Management (VM). Describe the five key elements that have been identified by WHO for the

successful implementation of IVM. b). Explain the life cycle of honeybees with the help of a suitable diagram. Describe the ways they communicate with each other to

gather good quality of food for the colony.

9.a). Differentiate between Chawki and Old-age rearing. Explain in terms of feeding and spacing of silkworms.

b). What is coupe system in artificial inoculation of brood lac? Differentiate between Kusumi and Rangeeni coupe. Name the crops for which they are practiced during cultivation.

10.Briefly describe the concept of entomotoxicology and the analysis processes involved. How do these analyses help in criminal investigations?

 

MZOE 006 (January 2026 - July 2026) - ENGLISH

ASSIGNMENT

(Tutor Marked Assignment)

Course Code: MZOE-006

Assignment Code: MZOE-006/TMA/2026

Maximum Marks: 100

Note: Attempt all questions. The marks for each question are indicated against it.

1. Differentiate between the following: 

a). Perennial and severe pests

b). Occasional and migrant pests

c). Economic threshold and economic injury level

d). Damage caused by insects with biting mouthparts and that by insects with sucking type of mouthparts.

2. Write short notes on the following:

i). Gundhi Bug adult

ii). Damage caused by E. insulana

iii). Damage caused by Sugarcane Pyrilla

iv). Management of Castor Semilooper

3. Enumerate few traditional storage structures and discuss their merits and demerits.

4. Discuss different phases of locust.

5. Explain different mechanisms of HPR (Host Plant Resistance).

6. Explain physical and chemical methods of pest management.

7.

a). What are the merits and demerits of biological control?

b). Give a brief account on methods and equipment used for application of pesticides.

8.

a). How does SIT contribute to integrated pest management (IPM)?

b). How does the use of biotechnological methods in pest control contribute to Integrated Pest Management (IPM)?

9. 

a). Describe the role of Wolbachiain controlling mosquito vectors by causing cytoplasmic compatibility.

b). Explain the harvesting and spinning of cocoon to form silk fibre.

10. List the different steps involved in forensic investigations conducted with the help of insects. Explain each step briefly.

 

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