Division of Entomology is one of the initial five Divisions of Indian Agricultural Research Institute built up in 1905.

The Division has spearheaded in examinations in creepy crawly systematics and financial entomology versus vital harvest bothers. National Pusa Collections (NPC) with more than five lakh example serves as a national vault for creepy crawly vermin of harvests.

This Division has been the pioneer in fundamental and connected research wildernesses in rural entomology to offer powerful nuisance administration answers for the nation in the previous quite a few years with rich pull of aptitude in creepy crawly biosystematics.

Famous entomologists like H.M. Lefroy, T. B. Fletcher, H.S. Pruthi, S. Pradhan and K.N. Mehrotra established solid framework for essential and connected research in Insect Science.

Creepy crawly toxicology thinks about brought out relative poisonous quality of bug sprays against significant yield irritations and improvement of their plan innovation. Moreover, studies were likewise completed on ingenuity of lethality, buildup limits, more secure holding up periods and so forth.

This Division was the first to report bug spray resistance (IR) in Singhara insect, Galerucella birmanica and has assumed essential part in checking IR administration in Helicoverpa armigera. Bug spray resistance has widely been considered in real yield irritations and administration methodologies have also been produced.

The mandate of the Division is:

To direct fundamental and key research in Entomology

To create as place for scholarly perfection in the zone of research, post-graduate instructive and human asset improvement

To give benefits in bug science and advancements.

Contact:

Dr. (Mrs.) Chitra Srivastava
Head & Principal Scientist
Phone: 011-25842482
Fax: 011-25842482