History of entomology in India| Fundamentals of entomology class-1| Entomology class| English

This is an introduction class... This class defines the brief history of entomology in India... 1758- the beginning of the modern era of Indian Entomology Carl Linnaeus’s “Systema Naturae” earliest record of 12 species of Indian insects in 10th edition 1767 - 1779- J. G. Koenig During the 18th century collected insects from the Coromandel area and Southern Peninsular India Published a special account of the termites of Thanjavur District and Red cotton bug - Dysdercus koenigi. 1782 - Dr. Kerr published on account of lac insect 1785- Asiatic Society of Bengal started in Calcutta 1791- Dr. J. Anderson issued a monograph on Cochineal scale insects 1800- Buchanan - Wrote on the cultivation of lac in India and on sericulture in some parts of South India 1875- Foundation of the “Indian Museum” at Calcutta 1883- “Bombay Natural History Society” was started more scientific attention - Journal of the Bombay Natural History 1883- Commencement of “Fauna of British India” series - editor W.T. Blandford 1893- Rothney - Indian Ants The earliest record of biological pest control in India White ants attack on stationery items checked by red ants 1901 Lionel de Niceville - first entomologist to GOI 1903 Professor Maxwell Lefroy succeeded Niceville Professor Lefroy became the first Imperial Entomologist 1906 ‘Indian Insect Pests’ 1909 ‘Indian Insect Life’ Subsequently, State Governments also took up entomological work Madras, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh appointed - first State Government Entomologists in 1912, 1919, and 1922 respectively 1912 - Plant Quarantine Act 1914 - Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1914 - T. B. Fletcher - First Government Entomologist of Madras State Some South Indian Insects 1916 - Indian Museum was formed as the Zoological Survey of India 1925 - Indian Lac Research Institute 1934 - Hem Singh Pruthi - succeeded Fletcher ‘Entomological Society of India’ in 1938 - First President Afzal Hussain 1939 - Locust Warning Organisation – established 1940 - Dr. T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar "Handbook of Economic Entomology for South India" 1946 - ‘Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine, and Storage’ (DPPQS) of GOI started 1963 - H. S. Pruthi ‘Textbook of Agricultural Entomology’ 1968 - Dr. M. S. Mani's "General Entomology" 1968 - ‘Central Insecticide Act’ came into force from 1st January 1971. 1969 Dr. Pradhan's "Insect Pests of Crops" 1969 T. N. Ananthakrishnan ‘The monograph on Indian Thysanoptera’ 1975 - A book: Elements of Economic Entomology by B. Vasantharaj David and T. Kumarasamy 1976 -A book: General and Applied Entomology by K. K. Nayar, T. V. Ramakrishna Ayyar and B. Vasantharaj David 1983 - A book: Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control by Dr. S. Pradhan 1993 - Establishment of NCIPM at New Delhi Lac insects:    • Life cycle of lac insect| Entomology class...   Pesticide management bill 2020:    • Banning of 27 pesticides| Pesticide manage...   #historyofentomology #historyofindianentomology #fundamentalsofentomology