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Integrated Biological Control
ENTOM 565
Credits: 3
Instructor: Gary Piper
Prerequisites: General Ecology and 12 hrs. of biological sciences
recommended.
Texts:
- Van Driesche, R. G. & T. S. Bellows, Jr. 1996. Biological Control.
Chapman & Hall, NY. (Required)
- Madden, J. P., et al. 1992. Beyond Pesticides-- Biological Approaches
to Pest Management in California. Univ. Calif. Div. Agric. Nat. Res.
Publ. 3354. Oakland, CA. (Required)
Course Objectives:
- Comprehend the role of biological control in integrated pest management
as practiced in agricultural and urban ecosystems.
- Learn how to enhance indigenous and nonindigenous biological control
organism impacts on pest populations.
- Develop an appreciation for biodiversity and the complex interactions
between pest and beneficial organisms within ecosystems.
Lecture Outline:
| No. of lectures |
Topic |
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Introduction; Terminology issues--Biological control, IPM |
| 1 |
Ecosystem organization; Organism interactions |
| 1 |
Ecosystem perturbation consequences |
| 1 |
Agroecosystem characteristics; Sustainability issues |
| 1 |
Holistic approach to pest management; Role of biocontrol |
| 2 |
Pesticides, Selective use of non-biobased synthetics--dosage, formulation,
targeting, timing, system redesign |
| 1 |
Pesticides: Physiologically-selective non-biobased synthetics |
| 1 |
Pesticides: Use of synthetic biobased materials |
| 2 |
Pesticides: Developmental inhibitors |
| 2 |
Pesticides: Behavioral modification products--disruptants, |
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attractants, repellents |
| 3 |
Pesticides- Microbial and microbial derivative products |
| 1 |
Arthropods for weed suppression |
| 1 |
Nonindigenous pathogens & mycoherbicides for weed suppression |
| 1 |
Rhizobacteria for weed suppression |
| 1 |
Allelopathy and weed suppression |
| 1 |
Antagonists for soilborne pathogen suppression |
| 2 |
Genetic manipulation: Host plant resistance influences |
| 2 |
Genetic manipulation- Transgenic plants |
| 1 |
Genetic manipulation, Arthropod improvement |
| 1 |
Genetic manipulation: Entompathogen improvement |
| 1 |
Genetic manipulation: Sterile insect releases |
| 3 |
Biological control: Nonindigenous species importations |
| 1 |
Biological control: Indigenous species impacts |
| 1 |
Biological control: Biotype considerations |
| 2 |
Biological control: Augmentation--inundation, inoculation |
| 1 |
Biological control: Organism acquisition & release strategies |
| 2 |
Biological control: Conservation--nutrition, alternate hosts, refugia,
& adjacent ecosystem influences on entomophagous species |
| 1 |
Biological control: Conservation--herbivorous species |
| 3 |
Biological control: Agronomic influences--strip cropping, crop rotation,
trap crops, non-crop vegetation, mulches, crop residue management,
tillage, competitive plantings, mixed cropping, water management |
| 1 |
Biological control, Meteorological influences |
| 2 |
Mid-term examinations I & II |
Grading Criteria:
A student's course grade will be determined as follows:
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Mid-term examination I* |
25%
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Mid-term examination II |
25%
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Final examination |
30%
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Term paper** |
20%
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100%
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*The examinations in the course will be developed using a short essay
format and will require the students to exercise their information synthesis,
critical thinking, and writing skills.
**The term paper will follow prescribed guidelines set forth by the instructor
and will assess the student's analytical, information acquisition, computer
literacy, and scientific writing abilities. Students will be required
to orally discuss the selection of their term paper topic and receive
the instructor's approval before proceeding with the paper's development.
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