INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT
| Entomology/Crop & Soil Sciences 444 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT | |
IPM |
Fall, 2009
Topic |
Instructor | Day |
Date | ||||
1. |
Introduction | ||||||
| 1.1. | Integrated pest management defined | Losey | F |
08/28/09 | |||
| 1.3. | A brief history of pest control | Losey | M |
08/31/09 | |||
| 1.4. | The promise of pesticides and perils of pesticides | ||||||
| 1.5. | Preparing for the great debate | ||||||
| 1.6. | The great debate: The optimal role of pesticides | Losey | W |
09/02/09 | |||
2. |
Ecological concepts | ||||||
| 2.1. | Why study ecology? | Losey | F |
09/04/09 | |||
| Special Topic | Integrating labor concepts into IPM | M |
09/07/09 | ||||
| 2.3. | The impact of Homo sapiens on ecosystems | Losey | W |
09/09/09 | |||
| 2.4. | Comparison of natural vs agroecosystems | ||||||
| 2.5. | Stability in agroecosystems | Losey | F |
09/11/09 | |||
| 2.6. | Complex trophic interactions | ||||||
| 2.7. | The life history approach | Losey | M |
09/14/09 | |||
| 2.8. | Island biogeography | ||||||
| 2.9. | Ecological applications to IPM - session 1 | Losey | W |
09/16/09 | |||
| 2.9. | Ecological applications to IPM - session 2 | Losey | F |
09/18/09 | |||
3. |
Systems concepts | ||||||
| 3.1. | The systems approach | Losey | M |
09/21/09 | |||
| 3.2. | Modeling | ||||||
4. |
Economic concepts | ||||||
| 4.1. | Microeconomics and Crop loss | Losey | W |
09/23/09 | |||
| 4.2. | Economic thresholds and optimization | Losey | F |
09/25/09 | |||
5. |
Pest management concepts | ||||||
5.1. |
Biological control | ||||||
5.1.1. |
Ecological considerations for "classical" BC | Losey | M |
09/28/09 | |||
5.1.2. |
Augmentative BC | Losey | W |
09/30/09 | |||
5.1.3. |
Conservation BC | ||||||
5.1.4. |
Cane Toads: A cautionary tale | Dandeniya | F |
10/02/09 | |||
MIDTERM |
Take-home midterm exam distributed | ||||||
5.2. |
Cultural control | ||||||
| 5.2.1. | Sanitation | DiTommaso | M |
10/05/09 | |||
| 5.2.2. | Crop rotation | Dandeniya | W |
10/07/09 | |||
| 5.2.3. | Tillage | DiTommaso | F |
10/09/09 | |||
| 5.2.4. | Cropping systems | ||||||
MIDTERM |
Take-home midterm exam due | ||||||
| FALL BREAK | M |
10/12/09 | |||||
5.3. |
Organic agriculture | Seaman | W |
10/14/09 | |||
5.4. |
Genetic manipulation | ||||||
5.4.1. |
Biotechnology | Losey | F |
10/16/09 | |||
| 5.4.2. | Sources of genetic variation | Losey | M |
10/19/09 | |||
| 5.4.3. | Overview of plant resistance to insects | Tingey | W |
10/21/09 | |||
| 5.4.4. | Inheritance, expression and deployment | Smith | F |
10/23/09 | |||
| 5.4.5. | Genetic manipulation of pest population | Losey | M |
10/26/09 | |||
5.5. |
Regulatory control | ||||||
5.5.1. |
Quarantine | DiTommaso | W |
10/28/09 | |||
5.5.2. |
Eradication | ||||||
5.5.3. |
Control districts | DiTommaso | F |
10/30/09 | |||
5.5.4. |
Crop-free periods | ||||||
5.5.5. |
Certification of seed and planting stock | Perry | M |
11/02/09 | |||
5.6. |
Weed management | ||||||
5.6.1. |
Concepts, chemicals & cultivation | DiTommaso | W |
11/04/09 | |||
5.6.2. |
Biological control of weeds | DiTommaso | F |
11/06/09 | |||
5.7. |
Plant pathogen managment | Wilcox | M |
11/09/09 | |||
5.7. |
Chemcial control | ||||||
5.7.1. |
Ecological considerations | DiTommaso | W |
11/11/09 | |||
| 5.7.2. | Pesticide classification & modes of action | DiTommaso | F |
11/13/09 | |||
| 5.7.3. | Pesticide resistance | Scott | M |
11/16/09 | |||
| 5.7.4. | Utilizing precision agriculture as an IPM tool | Mitchell | W |
11/18/09 | |||
| Term Project Presentations | F |
11/20/09 | |||||
| Term Project Presentations | M |
11/23/09 | |||||
| THANKSGIVING | W |
11/25/09 | |||||
| Special Topic | Ethics in IPM | DiTommaso | F |
11/27/09 | |||
6. |
Implementation of IPM | ||||||
6.1. |
International IPM | Hobbs | M |
11/30/09 | |||
6.2. |
IPM in New York | Grant | W |
12/02/09 | |||
6.3. |
Synthesis and general discussion of IPM | DiTommaso | F |
12/04/09 | |||
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