School of Agricultural Sciences

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture Degree Programme

19AEN 301 – Pests of Crops and Stored Grain and their Management 3(2+1)
Mid - Semester Theory Examination, 24 January 2022
Year : III Time : 1 hr
Semester: V Max. Marks: 20

PART- A
Answer all the questions 10 x 0.5 = 5 Marks
Choose the correct answer
1. Chilli mite attacks …………..
A Leaves B Fruits
C Stem D Root
2. Early shoot borer of sugarcane is …………..
A Chilo partellus B Chilo saccariphagus indicus
C Chilo infuscatellus D Sesamia inferens
3. Silvershoot symptom in rice is caused by ………….
A Cecidogen B Irritation
C Oviposition D Feeding
4. Rice mealy bug reproduces by ………….
A Ovoviviparity B Parthenogenesis
C Oviparity D Viviparity
5. Rosette flower in cotton is produced by the infestation of …………
A Red bollworm B American bollworm
C Pink bollworm D Spotted bollworm
6. The scientific name of spotted pod borer in pulses is ………
A Maruca testualis B Etiella Zincinella
C Helicoverpa armigera D All the above
7. Larval parasitoid of Achaea janata is …………..
A Eriborus trochanteratus B Bracon breviconis
 C Microplitis ophuisae D Apanteles glomeratus
8. Pupation is Callosobruchus chinensis occurs ………….
A Outside the grain B On the floor of the store house
C Within the grain D Wall of the store house
9. Pieris brassicae pupates …………
A Within the plant B At a distance from the field
C Outside the plant D At the base of the plant
10. Bunchy top of sugarcane is caused by …………..
A Early shoot borer B Top borer
C Internode borer D Pink borer

PART- B
Fill in the blanks 10 x 0.5 = 5 Marks
1. Hopper burn in rice is caused due to ………………..
Brown Plant Hopper

2. Presence of large number of ants at the base of the finger millet plant is due to
……………
Ragi Root Aphids
Whitefly
3. Cotton mosaic is caused due to …………….
4. Thrips
Groundnut bud necrosis virus is caused by …………….
Whitefly
5. Malformation and yellowing of Tapioca leaves is caused by …………..
Fruit borer
6. Bore hole damage on Bhendi fruits is caused by…………………
7. Mining and Skeletanization of cabbage leaves is caused due to Cabbage
…………… green semilooper

8. Ash weevil
Notching of Brinjal leaves occurs due to ……………….
9. Dirty white encrustation of tapioca stem is due to ……………
Tapioca scale insect
10. Bore holes on Mango stem with protrusion of frass and drying of branches is due to
stem borer
………

PART- C
Answer any five questions 5 x 2 = 10 Marks
1. Desert Locust. Elaborate.
2. List out the important borers of Sugarcane and its IPM.
3. Explain about the major sucking pests of Cotton.
4. Explain about IPM in Pulses.
5. List out the major sucking pest of Rice and its IPM.
6. Explain about the IPM in Tomato.