AGSY 340 - Integrated Pest Management

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 4
LAB hours per week: 2
This course will introduce the theory and application of integrated pest management encompassing an array of production systems to include agronomic crops, pasture, non-cropland, turf grass, aquatic, and urban areas. Students will be required to communicate solutions to current pest problems in a varied collection of production areas using the knowledge and principles gained in this course pertaining to ecologic, economic, and social sustainability. Formerly: SAS 340.
Course Outcomes:

Identify the primary components, principles, and theories of integrated pest management (IPM).
Apply the components, principles, and theories of IPM to systems level IPM Plans.
Compare and contrast various IPM plans and manipulate those plans to provide a recommendation to enhance environmental and economic sustainability.
Design an IPM plan and provide justification for the pest management strategies.

Course Topics:

Principles and theories of IPM
Components of IPM
Developing an IPM plan
Implementing an IPM plan
Assessing IPM plans and practices