FIELD TECHNIQUES IN IPM
PMA 4570/6228, Summer B-2013
T R, Periods 2-3 (9:30 –12:00)
Room 3118, Entomology & Nematology Bldg.
CLASS SCHEDULE
DAY
Tue. July 2
TOPIC
Introduction
Course syllabus and class requirements.
Integrated Pest Management.
Basic history of pest management; definition and concepts. Levels of IPM. Pest
status (key, secondary and occasional). IPM Video.
Reading assignment chapters 1 & 3.
Thur. July 4
HOLIDAY
INDEPENDENCE DAY
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Tue. July 9
Biological Control
Biological control versus natural control. Definitions: predators, parasitoids, parasites
(primary and secondary). Classical biological control. Inundative versus inoculative
releases. Feeding types: monophagous, oligophagous and polyphagous. Examples of
biological insecticides: Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), Spinosad, Avermectin
Laboratory Practical - Recognizing pests, beneficials and their importance in the
agro-ecosystem.
Reading assignment chapter 5 pages 98-111
Thur. July 11
Sampling
Sampling units, pest distribution, absolute versus relative sampling, qualitative versus
quantitative surveys, common sampling techniques used in pest management:
attractive versus passive traps.
Laboratory Practical. Sampling tools: traps / sweep nets etc.
Evaluating field data: Basic Statistics: mean, standard error and standard deviation.
Reading assignment chapter 6 pages 150-170 and chapter 7 pages 204 -205.
Tue. July 16
NO CLASS (Florida Entomological Society Meeting)
Students who are not attending the meeting will work on their mini-proposal
Quiz 1 (IPM, biological control, sampling)
Thur. July 18
Approval of topics for mini-proposals / term papers
Pest Status: Direct versus indirect pests
Decision levels: Damage, economic damage, economic threshold, factors affecting
threshold levels,
economic injury level and aesthetic injury level
Laboratory Practical. Economic decision levels for pest
Reading assignment chapter 7 pages 206, 211 –218.
Use of Pheromones and Kairomones in Pest management
Tue. July 23
Types of pheromones, mating disruption, evaluation of pheromone pest management
programs, attract and kill devices
Experimental designs
Experimental designs, randomized complete block, completely randomized design,
split plot designs and data analysis.
Laboratory Practical
Demonstration on the use of pheromones, kairomones, attract and kill
Different types of mulches, Bt-crops, plant biotypes, weeds
Readings will be provided in class.
Cultural Strategies; Host Plant Resistance
Thur. July 25
Cultural techniques (trap crops, use of mulches, adjusting planting dates, weed
management, crop sanitation, scheduled harvesting, and maintaining adequate
fertilizer, water and disease management)
Mechanisms of resistance, Factors influencing expression of resistance
Laboratory Practical
Grape root borer wing-trap placement experiment
Reading assignment chapter 5 pages 92-94; 112-122
Quiz 2
Tue. July 30
Insecticide Tactics
1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA). Conventional versus reduced-risk
insecticides, organophosphates, neonicotinoids (chloronicotinyl), naturalytes, particle
film technology, oxadiazines and insect growth regulators.
Laboratory Practical. Types of sprayers, calibration of sprayers, pesticide products
and formulations and reading of labels.
Area-wide pest management. New tools / technology in pest management
Thur. Aug. 1
IPM in developing countries versus developed countries
Laboratory Presentation
Class Evaluation
Tue. Aug. 6
Practical Exam
Mini-proposals / term-papers re-write due for evaluation
Thur. Aug. 8
Final Exam