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Survey and
surveillance of major insect-pests of crops in the State for development of
prediction models.
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Monitoring
& forecasting of insect-pests, development of linkages in biosystematics
with other projects for evolving suitable pest management strategies and
effective Regulatory measures.
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Monitoring
and management of insecticide resistance in insect-pests.
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Development of biopesticides.
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Conservation, enhancement and release of bio-control agents.
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Development
of integrated pest management technology for major insect-pests & nematodes
under open as well as protected conditions.
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Eco
friendly pest management based on host plant resistance, behaviour modifying
chemicals, plant products and tritrophic interactions.
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Residue
analysis of insecticides in vegetables, tea, honey and milk.
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Isolation,
identification and characterization of microbial agents and their mass
production for pest management.
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Molecular
systematic for authentic insect-pests identification
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Honey bee
pollination for enhanced crop production and artificial breeding of Apis
mellifera for better traits including disease resistance.
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Modernization and up-gradation of bee research laboratory and establishment
of honey quality control laboratory.
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Strengthening of lecture theatres for E-learning, laboratories for basic
research and establishment of repository of natural enemies of crop pests.
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Establishment of insect museum exhibiting biodiversity of insect fauna of
Himachal
