All India Network Project on Vertebrate Pest Management

Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Light Industrial Area, Jodhpur

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“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)