Applied or economic Entomology deals with both destructive and useful insects, namely, productive insects such as honey bee and silk worm, whose products can be directly used by man. Pollinators such as bees, wasps and butterflies, and parasites that keep in check the noxious pests of agriculture, also benefit humans. Control of pests of agriculture, forestry, orchards, livestock as well as vectors of diseases such as housefly, mosquito, flea etc. also comes under applied entomology.
The following chapters are included in this section. Click on the title to open.
- Pests of agriculture
- Pests of stored grains
- Safe storage of grains
- Pests of forests and orchards
- Household insects
- Medical entomology
- Mechanical and physical control
- Cultural control of pests
- Genetic control of pests
- Sterile insect release method
- Biological Control of insects
- Integrated Pest Management
- Apiculture
- Sericulture
- Lac culture
- The Honey Bee
- Hormonal Control Of Insects
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