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ENTO (CRSS) (PATH) 4740/6740: Integrated Pest Management

The utilization and integration of control tactics (cultural methods, biological control, pesticides, host resistance) for management of insects, pathogens, and weed pests of agricultural commodities. The major methodologies for controlling insects, plant pathogens, and weeds are discussed individually and within the context of profitable production of selected commodities followed by discussion of multiple pest management using integrated control techniques.

Instructors - John All, Entomology; William Vencill, Crop and Soil Sciences; James Buck, Plant Pathology
Credit Hours - 3 ( Three lectures and 2-hour lab period)
Course Offered - Spring Semester

Prerequisites: ENTO 3740 or PATH 3500 or CRSS 4340

Semester & Year Syllabus is for: Spring 2004

I. Philosophy of integrated pest management (IPM)
      A. Preventive control
      B.   Suppressive (Curative) control
      C.   Pest monitoring and use of action thresholds

II.   IPM in Entomology
      A.     Major tactics used for IPM of insects
      B.     Case history of insect IPM (commercial and homeowner) within
               residential environments
      C.     Case history insect IPM in a major field crop (cotton)

III.  Integration of pest management tactics
      A.     Universal pest management tactics
               a.       Cultural control
               b.       Biological control
               c.       Crop and cultivar selection
               d.       Pesticide utilization and management
               e.       Regulatory restraints
      B.     Fixed and variable constraints for integration of pest management tactics
      C.     Steps for developing IPM programs for different commodities
      D.     Integration of tactics for multiple pests

IV. IPM in Weed Management
      A.     Major tactics used for IPM of weeds
      B.     Case history of weed management (commercial and homeowner)
               within residential environments
      C.     Case history of weed management in a major field crop (cotton)

V. IPM in Plant Pathology
      A.      Major tactics used for IPM of plant diseases
      B.      Case history of disease management (commercial and homeowner)
                within residential environments
      C.      Case history of disease management in a major field crop (cotton)

VI. IPM programs dealing with multiple pests
       A.     Philosophy of IPM for multiple pests
      B.     IPM (commercial and homeowner of multiple pests in residential environments)
      C.     IPM of multiple pests in field crops (cotton)

Laboratory Topics -- The purpose of the laboratories is to provide students with practical skills in pest management.

I.	Insecticide utilization, Insecticidal transgenic cotton
II.	Pyramiding natural resistance genes with insecticidal transgene for insect resistance in soybean
III.	Herbicide utilization
IV.	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

Laboratories will be conducted at the Entomology and Crop and Soil Sciences greenhouse located off Research Road, which is the first road to the left after going under the bypass on College Station Road.