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Department Of Entomology
College of Agriculture UAHS
Shimoga-577204
Dr.Kalleshwaraswamy,C.M
Assistant Professor of Entomology
College of Agriculture UAHS

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Dr.Kalleshwaraswamy,C.M, Assistant Professor of Entomology College of Agriculture UAHS.

Dr.Kalleshwaraswamy C.M., is a recognised entomologist in Taxonomy and vector entomology.

He has been awarded with several nationally competitive research grants including those from DST, ICAR and MoEF.

He has developed and taught numerous courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in insect taxonomy, insect ecology and pest management.

Dr Kalleshwaraswamy is specialised in termite taxonomy and guiding few Ph D students on identifying new characters which help solve termite phylogeny and species delineation.

He was a DST young scientist Fellow on termite taxonomy and has published few papers w.r.t termite taxonomy, influence of anthropogenic disturbance on the diversity of termite fauna in Western ghats and barcoding termites of south India.

His first student Dr Vidayshreewas awarded with JawaharLal Nehru ICAR Best Ph D thesis 2018 for the thesis entitled ‘Taxonomy, distribution and diversity of termite fauna of western Ghats’.

He has guided 10 M. Sc. students and 4 Ph. D. students at University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga.

He has worked extensively on Arecanutwhitegrubs, Leucopholislepidophora, one of the serious pests of Arecanut in Western Ghat segment of Karnataka and developed IPM strategy for the pest.

The IPM strategy has been tested and proven in growers field and now used extensively for whitegrub management.
He has part of the team that identified and reported Fall armyworm, Spodopterafrugiperda from India for the first time.

Now he is working on understanding ecology of this invasive species and developing management techniques.
Presently, he is handling a externally funded project on ‘Morphological and molecular identification of termites of South India’ funded by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt of India.

He is also co-coordinating with International Potato Center (CIP), New Delhi to develop virus free seed production system in Karnataka

II. Education
  • B Sc (Agri) : 1995-1999 : College of Agriculture, NavileShivamogga UAS Banglore
  • M Sc(Agri) Entomology : 1999-2002 : College of Agriculture, GKVK. UAS Bangalore Dissertation: Biology and Pheromone lure efficacy of Red Palm weevil, Rhynchophorusferrugineus
  • PhD : 2002-2006 : College of Agriculture, GKVK. UAS Bangalore Dissertation: Aphid vectors of Papaya RingSpot Virus disease and their management
III. Research Experience
  • Worked as Senior Research Fellow under the project “Studies on species complex, bionomics and efficiency of virus transmission of aphid vectors transmitting cucurbit viral diseases” at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, India from July 2006 – February 2007.
  • Worked as Research Associate in ICAR funded “Network project on Insect Biosystematics” at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. Trained on Taxonomy of Isoptera at Department of Entomology, college of Agriculture, GKVK, Bangalore from March 2007 – July 2009.
  • Working as Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Shivamogga, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences since 15-07-2009.
IV. Extramural projects handled / Handling
SL.NO Title Funding agency Period
1. Researchanddevelopmenteffortsinintegratedrootgrubmanagementin arecanut in hill and coastal zones of Karnataka RKVY 2012-14 Completed
2. Taxonomy and diversity of termite (Isoptera) fauna of Western Ghats DST-SERB (Fast Track Project for young scientists) 2013-14 to 2016-17 Completed
3. Aphid and whitefly vector-virus interaction in potato under South Indian condition ICAR Extramural project 2016-18 Completed
4. Scaled up Production, Field evaluation and commercialization of Coleoptera toxic Bacillus thuringiensis ICAR Extramural(Collaborative project with IIHR) 2016-18 Completed
5. Morphological and molecular taxonomy of termites (Insecta: Isoptera) from Peninsular India and studies on their potential as a human food’ Ministry of Environment, Forest and climate change (MoEF) 2019-21 In progress
V. Professional recognition, awards, fellowships received:

Awards Honoured

i. Dr. V. G. Prasad best paper award for the year 2005from the Association for Advancement of pest management in Horticultural Ecosystems, Bangalore, India for the Research paper “Kalleshwaraswamy, C. M,Jagadish P.S and Puttaswamy, 2005. Age and reproductive status of pheromone trapped females of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorusferrugineus(Olivier) (Curculionidae: Coleoptera). Published in Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystem, 11 (1): 7-12.


ii. Dr. V. G. Prasad best research paper award for the year 2008from the Association for Advancement of pest management in Horticultural Ecosystems, Bangalore, India for the Research paper “ Krishnakumar, N. K., Krishnamurthy, P. N Kalleshwaraswamy, C. M, and Ranganath, H. R., 2008. Management of thrips in organically raised Rose onion. Published in Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystem, 14(2): 128-132.


iii. Fellow of Association for Advancement of pest management in Horticultural Ecosystems (FAAPMHE), Bangalore, India


iv. Won I Prize- Best oral presentation award for the paper entitled ‘Influence of anthropogenic disturbances on the diversity of termites’in National symposium on Behavioural Ecology and Management of Agriculturally Important Insects and other Animals, 27-28th December 2016, Shivamogga


v. A certificate of appreciation from University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga for successfully guiding Ph D student Ms. AS Vidyashree thesis for ICAR JawaharLal Nehru award for Best thesis -2018


vi.WonI Prize- Best oral presentation award for the paper entitled ‘ Does invasive Fall Armyworm Spodopterafrugiperda displacing native stem borers in India’ at AZRA International Conference held at UAS, Raichur, 12-14 February, 2020


vii. Scientist award- 2020 from Dr B. Vasanthraj David Foundation for commendable contribution in the field of Entomology


VI Selected Publications :
1. Kalleshwaraswamy, C. M., Jagadish, P. S., &Puttaswamy, S. (2005). Age and reproductive status of pheromone trapped females of red palm weevil, Rhynchophorusferrugineus (Olivier)(Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, 11, 7-13.

2. Kalleshwaraswamy, C. M.,Nagaraju, D. K., &Viraktamath, C. A. (2013). Illustrated identification key to common termite (Isoptera) genera of south India. Biosystematica, 7(1), 11-21.

3. CM Kalleshwaraswamy, NK Krishna Kumar., 2009. Transmission Efficiency Of Papaya Ringspot Virus By Three Aphid Species. Phytopathology, 98(5): 541-546

4. Rana, Rajesh K., M. S. Kadian, Shahid Ali, SushmaArya, B. P. Singh, C.M. Kalleshwaraswamy, B. B. Kumara, and B. V. Ramakrishna. "Developing farmer based potato system in non-traditional seed producing areas to benefit farmers of plateau region (Karnataka) of India." (2014). CIP publication.

5. Kalleshwaraswamy, C. M., Nagaraju, D. K., &Viraktamath, C. A. (2013). Illustrated identification key to common termite (Isoptera) genera of south India. Biosystematica, 7(1), 11-21.

6. C. M.Kalleshwaraswamy, P. V. Rami Reddy and Sharanabasappa. 2016. New report of fruit infesting gall midge on mango. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, 22 (1) : 84-87

7. C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, M. Shankaramurthy, C. A. Viraktamath and N. K. Krishna Kumar, 2015. Occurrence of Tutaobsoluta(Lepidoptera: Gelechidae) in the malnadand Hyderabad-Karnataka regions of Karnataka, India. Florida Entomologist. 2015: 98 (3): 970-971 https://doi.org/10.1653/024.098

8. M. Shankaramurthy, S. K. Nagaraj, A. Prabhuraj and C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy,2015. Rice leaf folder Cnaphalocrosismedinalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on Wheat (Triticumaestivum; Poales: Poaceae) in India. Florida Entomologist. 2015: 98 (4): 1269-1270https://doi.org/10.1653/024.098.0446

9. C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, S.K. Adarsha, N. L. Naveena and Sharanabasappa. 2016. Adult emergence pattern and utilization of females as attractants for trapping males of Leucopholislepidophora(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) infesting areca nut in India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 19: 15-22 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2015.11.004

10. C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, P. V. Rami Reddy and Sharanabasappa. 2016. New report of fruit infesting gall midge on mango. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, 22 (1) : 84-87

11. Sharanabasappa, C.M. Kalleshwaraswamy, R. Asokan, H.M. Mahadevaswamy, M. S. Maruthi, H. B. Pavithra, KavitaHegde, ShivarayNavi., S.T. Prabhu, Georg Goergen., 2018., First report of the fall armyworm, Spodopterafrugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), an alien invasive pest on maize in India. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, 24 (1) : 23-29

12. C.M. Kalleshwaraswamy, H.B. Pavithra, A.S. Vidyashree, and G.S. Sathisha. 2018. Comparative Termite (Isoptera) Diversity in Three Different Habitats of Shivamogga District, Karnataka, India. Journal of Entomological Science. 53(2): 219–229.DOI:10.18474/JES17-43.1

13. Sharanabasappa, C.M. Kalleshwaraswamy, R. Asokan, H.M. Mahadevaswamy, M. S. Maruthi, H. B. Pavithra, KavitaHegde, ShivarayNavi., S.T. Prabhu, Georg Goergen., 2018., First report of the fall armyworm, Spodopterafrugiperda (J E Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), an alien invasive pest on maize in India. Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems, 24 (1) : 23-29

14. Shahid Ali, B.B. Kumar, C.M. Kalleshwaraswamy, M.S. Kadian and B.V. Ramakrishna. 2019. Studies on feasibility of sustainable quality seed potato production technology and development of supply chain for the benefit of small and marginal potato growers of Karnataka. J. Hortl. Sci. 13(1) : 72-81

15. H.M. Mahadevaswamya, AsokanRamasamya, C.M. Kalleshwaraswamy, S.K. Adarsha. 2019. Arecanut white grubs Leucopholisspecies (Melolonthinae: Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) morphological, molecular identification and phylogenetic Analysis. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 22 : 880-888. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2019.07.003

16. SharanabasappaDeshmukh, CM Kalleshwaraswamy, J Poorani, M Maruthi, HB Pavithra, J Diraviam. 2019. Natural enemies of Spodopterafrugiperda (JE Smith)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a recent invasive pest on maize in South India. Florida Entomologist, 102 (2): 619-621.DOI: 10.1653/024.102.0335

17. SharanabasappaDeshmukh, HB Pavithra, CM Kalleshwaraswamy, BK Shivanna, MS Maruthi, David Mota-sanchez., 2020. Field efficacy of insecticides for management of invasive fall armyworm, Spodopterafrugiperda (JESmith)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on maize in india. Florida entomologist. 103 (2) : 221-227https://doi.org/10.1653/024.103.0211

18. Sundararaj, R. ; Selvaraj, K. ; Kalleshwaraswamy. C. M. 2020. Ranjith, M. ; sumalatha, B. V.2020. First record of the invasive woolly whitefly Aleurothrixusfloccosus (Maskell) from India. Indian journal of Entomology 82 (1) .88-91. Doi : 10.5958/0974-8172.2020.00022.x

19. Sushil, S.N., Kalleshwaraswamy, C.M., Ranjith, M., Roy, S., Jaiswal A. K., Joshi, D., Pathak, A. D.. 2020. Incidence and diversity of termites associated with sugarcane in north-west zone of India with new records. Sugar tech., https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-020-00883-2

20. Nagaratna, W., Kalleshwaraswamy, C.M., Dhananjaya, B.C. Prakash, N. B. sharanabasapa. 2021. Effect of silicon and plant growth regulators on the biology and fitness of fall armyworm, Spodopterafrugiperda, a recently invaded pest of maize in india. SILICON. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1007/S12633-020-00901-8

21. Divya, J., Kalleshwaraswamy, C. M., Mallikarjuna, H. B., &Deshmukh, S. (2021). Does recently invaded fall armyworm, Spodopterafrugiperda displace native lepidopteran pests of maize in India?. CURRENT SCIENCE, 120(8), 1358-1367.

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