EEMS 5365 Integrated Pest Management

This course provides a fundamental understanding of the theory and practice of modern integrated pest management strategies, and will cover a wide variety of pest types (e.g. insects, plants, fungi, nematodes) and methodologies (e.g. biological control, pesticides, hormone disruption, sterile insect techniques), with a focus on biological control strategies for insect pests in agricultural and natural systems. Students will attain proficiency in developing integrated pest management plans and in executing biological control measures targeting several local pest species.
 

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Graduate Standing

Schedule Type

Lecture

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

Schl of Earth, Env, & Mari Sci

Offered

As scheduled