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ENTO(CRSS)(PATH) 4250/6250 - 4250L/6250L

Practical management and utilization of pesticides and pesticidal transgenic crops in agricultural and urban environments. Subject areas include pesticide classification, their general chemical and toxicological properties, deployment philosophy, hazards and environmental impact, formulation and application, safety and disposal, and management of pesticide resistance.

Instructors - John All (Ento), Phil Brannen (PATH)

Semester & Year Syllabus is for: Spring 2004

Prerequisite Courses -- CHEM 1212 and CHEM 2100 or CHEM 2211 or permission of department.

Textbook-Required -- G. W. Ware, Pesticides: Theory and Practice, W. H. Freeman and Co., San Francisco, CA

Textbook-Supplemental -- G. W. Ware, Fundamentals of Pesticides, A Self-Instruction Guide, Thomson Publications, Fresno, CA

Pesticide License Study Manuals - obtain from Entomology Cooperative Extension Office, Room 463, Biological Sciences

Topic Outline

I.   Introduction - historical perspective on use and application of pesticides
      A. Impact of pests and need for pesticides
      B.   Economic, social, and environmental concerns
      C.   Pesticide jargon

II.   Pesticide legislation and regulation
      A. Federal programs
      B.   State programs

III.   Pesticide safety and disposal
      A. Toxicity and hazard
      B.   Routes of exposure
      C.   Protection from pesticides
      D. Disposal and detoxification of pesticides

IV.   Pesticide Deployment
      A. Ground application
      B.   Aerial application
      C.  Urban, structural, and public health application
      D. Fumigation

V. Chemicals used to control invertebrates
A. Insecticides, molluscicides, nematicides

VI. Chemicals used to control vertebrates
A. Rodenticides, avicides, piscicides, repellents

VII. Chemicals used to control plants
A. Herbicides, plant growth regulators, defoliants, and desiccants

VIII. Chemicals used to control microorganisms
A. Fungicides, bactericides, algaecides, disinfectants

IX.   Biological interactions with pesticides
      A. Mode of action
      B.   Environmental toxicology
      C.     Resistance management

X.   Transgenic crops
      A. Insecticidal transgenic crops
      B.   Herbicide resistant transgenic crops

Laboratory Topics -- The purpose of the laboratories is to provide students with practical skills in preparation, deployment, and efficacy evaluation of pesticides.

I. Pesticide safety requirements and protective equipment

II. Insecticide utilization

III. Herbicide utilization

IV. Pesticide application and calibration

V. Pesticide applicator's examination

Grading Policy - There will be three lecture exams during the quarter, a final exam, and grades for laboratory exercises.

Lecture exam 1	100 pts
Lecture exam 2	100 pts
Lecture exam 3	100 pts
Final exam	150 pts
Lab exercises	50 pts