ENTOMOLOGY 450
Principles of Applied Entomology.
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: ENTOM 340 or 343
Instructor:
R. S. Zack
Text: Metcalf, R. L. and W. H. Luckmann (Eds). 1982. Introduction to Insect Pest Management. Wiley-Interscience.
OBJECTIVES OF COURSE
For the students to be able to:
- Gain an understanding of the insect problems in Washington, the United States, and the world.
- Diagnose insect injury, adequately sample insect pest populations, and plan control programs.
- Identify and know the life cycles of the more important agricultural crop pests.
- Know the basis for selecting economical, effective, and low environmental hazard control measures.
LECTURE OUTLINE
No. of Lectures Topic
3 Introduction, role of insect pests in world affairs.
7 Diagnosis of insect problems, sampling, economic injury levels.
2 Allied arthropods
8 Insecticidal control -- types, formulations, application methods,
residues, safety, legal restrictions, environmental contamination,
pollinators.
11 Non-insecticidal control methods -- biocontrol, cultural control,
host plant resistance, sterility techniques, quarantine, insect
growth regulators, semiochemicals.
7 Pest management concepts: pest problems of major cropping systems
with special reference to Washington crops and key pests.
2 Urban pest management.
42 lectures, 2 lecture exams, final.
LABORATORY OUTLINE
No. of Periods Topic
2 Insect damage diagnosis and sampling. (field trips to research centers).
3 Biological control.
1 Honey bee management.
2 RAPD-PCR/DNA fingerprinting
2 Insecticide testing and evaluation of results, application methods,
safe handling.
5 Identification and characteristics of insect pests and their damage.
15 periods, 1 laboratory exams.
GRADING CRITERIA
- Lecture Exams = 75% of grade
- Laboratory Exam = 25% of grade
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