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- Dr. M. Ayyamperumal
Faculty Profile
Name
Dr. M. Ayyamperumal
Designation
Associate professor
(Entomology)
Department
Crop Protection
Qualification
Ph.D
Additional Qualification
ASRB/ICAR – NET – 2017
Teaching Experience
4 Years
sekarayyam@gmail.com
Phone No
8508637825
Education
Publications
Awards & Achievements
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences
Work Experience
Memberships
Responsibilities Held
Education
| Degree | Institute/Organisation | Specialisation | Year of Passing |
| Ph.D | Annamalai University, Chidambaram | Entomology | 2020 |
| M.Sc | Annamalai University, Chidambaram | Entomology | 2015 |
| B.Sc | Annamalai University, Chidambaram | Agriculture | 2013 |
Publications
International:15
- Ayyamperumal, and S. Manickavasagam. 2016. Description of a new species of Psilocharis Hearty (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae, Eucharitinae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Oriental Insects. 51(2): 1-8.
- Kanagarajan, , M. Ayyamperumal and K. Saravanan. 2016. Faunistic Survey of Chalcidoids (Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera) in Tamil Nadu. Biological Forum- An International Journal. 8(1): 570-572.
- Ayyamperumal, and S. Manickavasagam. 2017. Four new species of Mymaromma Girault (Hymenoptera: Mymarommatidae) from India with a key to Indian species. Transactions of American Entomological Society. 143 (3): 589-599.
- Ayyamperumal, M and S. Manickavasagam. 2018. Trechnites Thomson: Description of Three new species (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) and additional distributional records from India. Transaction of American Entomological society. 144(3): 510-522.
- Ayyamperumal, M. and S. Manickavasagam. 2018. Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) and it’s parasitoids (Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) i]n Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 6(6): 378-380.
- Ayyamperumal, and S. Manickavasagam. 2019. First report Caenohomalopoda shikokuensis (Tachikawa) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India with other encyrtid distributional Records. Munis journal of Entomology and Zoology. 14(1):126-129.
- Kanagarajan, , M. Ayyamperumal and K. Saravanan. 2019. Survey of Mymarid Parasitoids (Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera) In kolli hills, Tamil Nadu. Plant Archives. 19(1), 762-763.
- Ayyamperumal, J. Mohan Kumar and K. Mahalalakshmi. 2019. Phenococcus solenopsis Tinsely (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and it’s parasitoid Aenasius arizonensis (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in Tamil Nadu. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 7 (4): 1032-1034.
- Ayyamperumal, M., Ajaykarthick and S. Manickavasagam, S. 2019. Diversity of Mealybug parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Tamil Nadu. Innovative Farming. 4(3):174-177.
- Alfred Daniel, J., K. Ramaraju., S. Manickavasagam., H. Sankararaman., Ayyamperumal and J. Gowri Prakash. 2019. Diversity of Certain Chalcidoidea from three rice growing zones of Tamil Nadu, India, Crop Research- An International Journal, 54(3&4): 101-109.
- Thinesh Kumar, N., Ayyamperumal., P. Manikandan and N. Arulselvan. 2020. Seasonal abundance and diversity of mosquito in different ecosystems of Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(4): 505-508.
- Ayyamperumal, M., Gnanasambandan., M. Amutha and N. Sathyanarayana. 2020. New host report of a parasitoid Anagyrus alami Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) on Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from India. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8 (5): 248-250.
- Ayyamperumal and S. Manickavasagam. Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): First report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History, 55(17-18): 1169-1175.
- Elango, K., Aravind, A., Nelson, S.J. and Ayyamperumal.2021. First report of the encyrtid parasitoid, Copidosomyia ambiguous (Subba Rao) Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) on Mallada desjardinsi (Navas) an indigenous predator of the rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin in India. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-021-00667-5.
- Thimmegowda P.R. , Ayyamperumal, S. Sivarama krishnan, S.N. Shivakumar, C. Elangovan, J. Raju, N. Vasu, R. Karunakaran, D.K. Nagaraju, Om Prakash Verma and J.P. Singh Current status of cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and its indigenous natural enemies observed under field conditions in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu, India Insect Environment. 25 (4) 508-521
National : 4
- Manickavasagam, S., C. Menakadevi and Ayyamperumal. 2016. Description of a new species of Umairia Hayat (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) with additional distribution records of aphelinids from India. Journal of threatened taxa. 8(6): 8893-8897.
- Ayyamperumal, and S. Manickavasagam. 2018. Description of two New species of Eugahania Mercet (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India. Journal of Insect Systematics. 4(6): 90-97
- Abhinav Kumar., Ayyamperumal and J. Gowri Prakash. 2019. Chalcidoid Fauna (Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera) from southeastern Districts of Bihar, India, Journal of Experimental Zoology. 22(2): 1207-1211.
- Ragul, R., Silambarasan, S.B andAyyamperumal. 2020. Investication on the effects of four different botanical seed extracts against cowpea aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch. under laboratory conditions. INFOKARA Research journal, 9(7): 13- 18.
Proceedings : 2
- Ayyamperumal M., and S. Manickavasagam. Diversity of Mealybug parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Tamil Nadu. Proceedings of International Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2018), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India: 4-6 October: volume IV:1-3.
- Ayyamperumal, M. and R.K. Gokulakrishnaa. 2019. Impact of Organic Rice (Oryza sativa) cultivation. Proceedings of National conference on: Doubling farmers income through scientific approaches, Agricultural Engineering College and Research Institute, Kumulur, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. 20th -21st pp: 265-267.
Popular : 1
- Priyadharshini, V. and Ayyamperumal, 2024. Abscisic acid mediated defence against Tetranychus urticae. The agriculture Magazine, 4(4): 322-324.
Book chapters: 3
- Gowriprakash., M. Ayyamperumal and S. Manickavasagam. 2018. Role of Biological control in Integrated Pest Management. Ed. Kannan, R. Vetri Publishers, Chennai. PP: 17-22. (in Tamil).
- Ayyamperumal, P. Manikandan and K. Suguna. 2020. Conservation Biological Control (Cbc) – Tool For Natural Pest Control. Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture, Chapter – 17, Page: 198 – 211
- Priyadharshini, V., Ayyamperumal and Pungavi R. 2025. climate change and its influence on insect pest incidence and management. In: Emerging trends in insect pest and resistance management, Suanta Kuamr Das, Mirla Sruthi, Shailenra Dadasahib Wale, Bhavana Dori and Anchala Nautiyal eds. Golden leaf publishers, P. 226-245.
Awards & Achievements
- Recipient of Vallalar Endowment Award – 2014 for securing maximum marks during M. Sc. (Ag.)
- Recipient of University Research Studentship Award -2017-2018.
- Recipient of Young Scientist Award – 2019 for Significant Contribution to Taxonomy of Hymenopteran Parasitoids.
- Recipient of Young Scientist Award – 2020 for Significant Contribution in the field of Entomology.
- Recipient of InSc Young Achiever Award – 2020 for publishing a research paper Trechnites Thompson (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): Description of three new species and additional distributional records from India in Transaction of American Entomological society.
- Recipient of Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam Research Excellence Award – 2021 from M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, CABI – platwise and Pushkaram College of Agriculture Science, Pudukkottai
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences
- International conference: “Biodiversity of mealybug parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)” at the International Biodiversity Congress, held at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. 4th–6th October 2018.
- National: Workshop on Identification of fauna of Western Ghats, ZSI, Calicut.
- National conference on: ‘‘Effect of fermented leaf extracts against aphid Aphis craccivora (Aphididae: Hemiptera) on peanut, at the Phytopherocon 2019, held at Department of Entomology, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu. 3rd -4th January 2019.
- National conference on Challenges and Innovative Approaches in Agriculture & Allied Science Research: ‘‘Diversity of mealybug parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Tamil Nadu, at the Biotic Science Congress, 2019, held at, Tamil Nadu. 26th -27th July 2019.
- National conference on climate smart agriculture for livelihood security: challenges and opportunities: ‘‘Present status of Papaya mealybug parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), held at, Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. 13th -14th September 2019.
- National conference on Trends in Higher Education, Taxonomy, Agriculture, Biotechnology and Toxicology, organized by the Dr. B. Vasantharaj David Foundation, Chennai 600125 on 17th November 2019 at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
- National seminar: ‘‘Science and Technology for Insect Diversity Conservation and Agricultural progressive, at the Indian Science Congress Association, held at Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. 29th July 2019.
- National conference and Award Ceremony on Innovations in Science, Agriculture and adaptation to Climate Changes. ‘‘First report of Fortuitous Biological Control agents of new invasive pest, Cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero from India’’ held at Pushkaram College of Agriculture Science, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. 28th April 2021.
- One day faculty development program on ‘‘Achieving Publication Index Scores and Succeeding Research Projects’’. Annamalai University, Annamalainagar.
- One day faculty development program on ‘‘Basic Analytical Techniques for Researchers’’, held at Annamalai University, Annamalainagar.
- One day training programme on Coconut as Business- Cococnus, conducted by Annamalai University and Coconut Development Board, Kochi .
- Attended Ferras Academy of Training For Excellence for personal improvement.
- Completed 10 days Trainning programme on Diversity and Identification of White grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) organized by ICAR – National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru from 10th -19th March 2025.
Work Experience
- Assistant Professor at SRS Institute of Agriculture and Technology, Dindigul (2023 and continuing).
- Assistant Professor at Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College, Kalavai (2021 – 2023).
- Technical Officer at Central Integrated Pest Management Centre, Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage, Government of India, Trichy (2019 – 2021).
Memberships
- Life member of Agro Environmental Development Socity (AEDS) .
- Life member of Institute of Scholars (InSc).
Responsibilities Held
- Associate Professor
Academic coordinator