Welcome
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National Conference on
"Advances in Sustainable Plant Protection under Changing Agriculture Scenario"

With crop diversification, changes in global climatic conditions and introduction of biotechnology in Agriculture the scenario of pests: insects, diseases, weeds and nematodes is changing frequently. These factors have led to many erratic biotic changes in Agro-Horti Ecosystem leading to conversion of minor to major pests, while major ones developing polyphagy. Excessive use of pesticides to combat these problems have adverse effects on natural enemies disturbing the natural ecological balances and also causing resurgence of potential pests due to chemical resistance and decreased biotic pressure. Sporadic pests appear in epidemic forms and host crossovers have also been recorded that are recognized globally. Pest infestation scenario is changing due to impact of emerging crop pests, particularly the introduction of invasive unfamiliar species; therefore, it is pertinent to exchange information on the pest status, qualitative and quantitative losses incurred by them to Agri-Horticultural crops and other plants of economic importance; however judicious use of agro-chemicals is always beneficial. Hence, the conference is being organized to address this problems and to find out eco-safe solutions


Aim of the Conference - This national conference focuses on bringing scientist and researchers working in the field of plant protection from leading academic institutes and research organizations to exchange and share their research experiences in the major theme areas, to encourage students and young scientists besides providing a platform to interact with eminent scientists.

Objectives

• To cover biodiversity, trophic level interactions and population dynamics, natural and applied/ biocontrol, behavioral and chemical ecology interface, crop and habitat associations, agro-tech practices like push-pull approaches, besides beneficial and commercial organisms.
• To provide an interdisciplinary forum for researchers, academicianss, industrialists and other relevant stakeholders to present and discuss more recent plant protection innovations, trends, and challenges encountered and potential future R&D thrusts towards filling in critical knowledge gaps.

Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology is situated in Udaipur city of Rajasthan state in India. The government of Rajasthan founded this university by the bifurcation of Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner on 1 November 1999. Since then, it has been the principal academic institution supporting mainly south and south-eastern parts of Rajasthan, taking the national responsibility of identifying, designing, preparing and adapting new techniques in the field of production technology for agricultural development. Its jurisdiction is spread over 8 districts of Rajasthan: Banswara, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Salumbar & Udaipur.

RCA, Udaipur
The Rajasthan College of Agriculture is a constituent college of MPUAT, Udaipur and is one of the oldest Agriculture College of the country. It came into existence in July 1955 as an entity of State Government and was affiliated to the University of Rajasthan. It is located in the heart of Udaipur city on Surajpole-Airport Road and spread over an area of 98 ha comprising administrative buildings, various departments and instructional farms. Dr. A. Rathore was founder principal of College. He brought to the college a mental equipment, a degree of erudition and a wealth of experience rarely found anywhere, which have been emulated by its learned faculty and alumni.

Department of Entomology
With the establishment of the College, the Department of Entomology came into existence in 1957. Dr K.S. Kushwaha was transferred from S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner as the first lecturer of Agriculture Zoology and Entomology, in the year 1957. He later became Prof. of Entomology and attained superannuation as first ICAR Prof. of Eminence in the year 1984. He was President of Entomological Society of India for more than 15 years. Late Dr B.K. Srivastava joined as Professor and Head of the Department of Entomology in the year 1959 and later left to join as State Entomologist in year 1960. In the year 1964, Dr. B.K. Shrivastava became first Director of Research of this University

The Entomological Research Association was established in the year 1985 (Registration No.5/87- 88) with its headquarters in the Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture (MPUAT), Udaipur with official publication of the Association “INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY”. It started in the year 1987, initially in the form of annual publication and later on converted into biannual publications. The Association started organizing National Conference in the year 2001 and also awarding annually Prof. R.P. Srivastava Memorial Lecture and award to eminent scientists of the country; So far 17 such awards have been given. The Association started getting financial aid from the ICAR in the year 2001 and the Journal also got accreditation from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi till 2013. At present there are more than 500 life members from all over country.

Conference Abstract Themes

• Theme-1: Biosystematics, re-emerging and invasive organisms
• Theme-2: Impact of climate change and emerging trends in pests
• Theme-3: Bio intensive and IPM approaches for sustainable Plant protection
• Theme-4: Bio ecology of pests and estimation of losses caused by them
• Theme-5: Newer molecules, formulations and biotechnological discoveries in pest and disease management
• Theme-6: IOT and bioinformatics approaches in Insects, Diseases and Weed management
• Theme-7: Entrepreneurship and Policy regulations in Plant protection

Important Dates

Registration