“MANAGE VERTEBRATE PEST FOR FOOD AND HEALTH SECURITY”
MANDATE
- Surveillance, population assessment, mapping and ecology of vertebrates in different agro- ecological regions. A) Rodents B) Birds C) Higher Vertebrates
- Assessment of crop damage caused by rodents, birds and higher vertebrates in predominant cropping systems Agro ecological zone wise
- Development and refinement of management technologies for problematic birds and rodents (Physical, Biological, Mechanical, Cultural, ITKs and Chemical methods)
- Vertebrate Pest Management as farmers Participatory Adaptive Research in adopted villages
- Studies on bio-ecology and management of squirrel in horticultural crops
- Bio-ecology and management of Blue bull, Wild boar , monkey and Black buck
- Rodent management in cumin and pomegranate
- Goose necked trait introgression to combat bird menace in sorghum
- Fruit bat management in horticultural crops
- Studies on rodent diversity in Kalleswaram command area in Telengana
- Bio ecology and management of purple moorhen in rice
- Potential use of pheromones in the management of rodents
- Studies on rodents in relation to public health importance
- Collection, evaluation and cataloguing of rodent traps in NEH regions
- Role of birds in Insect pest management
- Rodent pest management in organic farming
- Refinement of trap barrier system in rodent management in rice
- Studies on tolerance of Bandicotabengalensis against anticoagulant, bromodialone.
- Refinement and development of devices/ tools/ equipment for management of vertebrate pests
- Genomic and Meta-genomic analysis of agriculturally important birds and rodents.
FOCUS
Management of vertebrate pests (rodents, birds and higher vertebrates)