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What is a pest ?
• A pest is any living organism which competes with human, domestic animals or desirable plants for food or water.
• At the same time they spread diseases to mankind & harms the environment .
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Why to control pests?
1. For clean environment.
2. Disease free environment.
3. To stop the rapid growth of pests.
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How it is done ?
Pest Management System
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What are the goals of PMS?
1. Prevention.
2. Suppression.
3. Eradication.
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Apart from this
Natural Control
Biological control
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Types of pests
• Insects• Arthopods ( eight legged) • Microbial organism• Weeds• mollusks
• Cockroach, termites, beetles& fleas
• Spiders
• Bacteria• Any plant growing where
they are unwanted
• snails , slugs & ship worms
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COCKROACH
• These are found in kitchens & restaurant.
• Do not require human food & can feed on white wash, hair & books.
• Prevention can be done by hygienic disposal of food & waste & overall cleanliness of the area,
• Eradication : Chlorodecone.(Insecticide)
• Life span : 4 months or more.
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RAT & MICE
• They are found in kitchen & dining areas.
• Can be controlled by hygienic storage & disposal of food & waste.
• Destruction : Baits, Fumigation & Trapping.
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SILVERFISH ERADICATION• Its silver grey insect that looks like
minute fish without fins
• A dispersion of borax or Boric acid and sugar is a reliable bait to kill. silverfish).
• Adults can be killed by freezing, but it is difficult to kill the eggs.
• To capture silverfish, sprinkle plaster on a wet, white cotton cloth, put it in a corner overnight, near the silverfish's hideout.
• By far the most effective way to be rid of Silverfish for sure is to keep an area or room tidy, limiting the possible number of breeding grounds they have.
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HOUSE FLY
• It breeds on human & animal extracts, decaying & fermenting vegetables.
• It cannot breed in dry materials.
• Controlling measures: Keeping area clean & installing Electrocutors.
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FLEAS
• They bite their hosts causing irritation. In humans red itching spots appear on the skin.
• Found in unhygienic conditions & entry to clean places is entirely accidental.
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LICE
• Wingless parasites surviving on mammalian blood.
• Eggs sticks firmly on to the hairs & cannot be removed by brushing.
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BED BUGS
• Prefer human blood & can survive for months without food.
• Gammexane, D.D.T. Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane is one of the best known synthetic pesticides), or kerosene oil containing pyrethrum may be sprayed.
• Hydrocyanic acid gives very good result.
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MOSQUITOES
• Prefer dark areas.
• Live on blood. (females)
• Presence of water is essential for their existence.
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CARPET BEETLE
• Major textile pest.• Larvae damages
fabric.• Can be controlled by
frequent vacuum cleaning & spraying of insecticide between floor boards under carpets, under felts & in the crevices.
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WOOD BORING BEETLE
• They attack unpolished & unpainted wooden surfaces.
• Causes weakening of the wood & may take 2-3 years to destroy it.
• Controlled by spraying Rentokil, cuprinol etc.
• Heat & fumigation.• Badly infested pieces are
burnt.
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EFFECTS DUE TO INFESTATION
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MOTHS
• Pest only in the larvae stage.
• Control measures:• Naphthalene balls &
camphor tablets.• Keeping area clean.
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CLOTH MOTH & ITS LARVAE
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DRY ROT
• Lives on wood.• Gives offensive smell.• Prefers dampness.• Effected area cut
away & burnt.• Sterilized by using
blow lamp.
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WET ROT
• Decay in timber in damp conditions.
• Causes darkening of wood & breaking into small pieces,
• Badly decayed wood to be cut out.
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INSECTICIDES
• An insecticide is a pesticide used against insects in all developmental forms.
• Insecticides are used in agriculture, medicine, industry and the household.
• Some insecticides have been banned due to the fact that they are persistent toxins which have adverse effects on animals and/or humans. An oft-quoted case is that of DDT( Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) .
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Control measures:
• Proper drainage --• No stagnant water ---• Screening of buildings --• Mosquito nets — (Repellants formula:
kerosene oil – 1 part, coconut oil – 2 parts, Carbolic acid – 1%, Citronella oil – 1 part)
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Fumigation
• Fumigation -- is a method of pest control that completely fills an area with gaseous pesticides to suffocate or poison the pests.
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• Pci– Pest Control of India
• Rentokil pvt ltd ( UK based company)
DESINGED BY
Sunil KumarResearch Scholar/ Food Production FacultyInstitute of Hotel and Tourism Management,MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY, ROHTAKHaryana- 124001 INDIA Ph. No. 09996000499email: [email protected] , [email protected] linkedin:- in.linkedin.com/in/ihmsunilkumarfacebook: www.facebook.com/ihmsunilkumar webpage: chefsunilkumar.tripod.com