I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Advanced Pest Identification and Control
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2136
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course covers alternative methods of weed, insect and disease control. Students will learn both cultural practices and chemical methods to control specific pests. Special emphasis wil be placed on understanding the life cycles of insects, fungi and weeds that reduce crop yields.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2136 - Advanced Pest Identification and Control
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2136 - Advanced Pest Identification and Control
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Maintain an accurate record of pesticide applications |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Explain different parts of a pesticide label |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply basic principles of weed, fungi and insect biology to determine the most effective way to control pests |
| Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Describe how disease and insect control can affect nearby properties and fields |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Identify the importance of keeping accurate spray records
- Demonstrate an adequate understanding of pesticide label and use precautions
- Describe criteria for selecting effective pesticide application equipment
- Formulate pest control strategies using information from the life cycle of major pests
- Evaluate economic thresholds for applying insecticides and fungicides
- Describe why spraying at specific crop or pest stages will give maximum control
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Pest life cycles
- Insect life cycles
- Insects with one generation per growing season
- Insects with multiple generations per growing season
- Seasonal fluctuations of insect pests
- Life cycles of pathogenic fungi
- Fungi spread through air
- Fungi spread by water
- Conditions required for spore germination
- Applying pest life cycles to pest control
- Cultural controls both in the field and in surrounding areas
- Timing pesticide applications when the pest is most susceptible
- Environmental effects on disease and insect pressure
- Temperature effects on insect and mite pests
- Temperature and moisture effects on disease pathogens
- Computer disease models
- Economic thresholds
- Economic thresholds for insect pests
- Economic thresholds for diseases
- Pesticides
- Pesticide labels
- Keeping written, accessible pesticide records
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Advanced Pest Identification and Control
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2136
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course covers alternative methods of weed, insect and disease control. Students will learn both cultural practices and chemical methods to control specific pests. Special emphasis wil be placed on understanding the life cycles of insects, fungi and weeds that reduce crop yields.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2136 - Advanced Pest Identification and Control
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2136 - Advanced Pest Identification and Control
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Maintain an accurate record of pesticide applications |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Explain different parts of a pesticide label |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply basic principles of weed, fungi and insect biology to determine the most effective way to control pests |
| Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Describe how disease and insect control can affect nearby properties and fields |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Identify the importance of keeping accurate spray records
- Demonstrate an adequate understanding of pesticide label and use precautions
- Describe criteria for selecting effective pesticide application equipment
- Formulate pest control strategies using information from the life cycle of major pests
- Evaluate economic thresholds for applying insecticides and fungicides
- Describe why spraying at specific crop or pest stages will give maximum control
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Pest life cycles
- Insect life cycles
- Insects with one generation per growing season
- Insects with multiple generations per growing season
- Seasonal fluctuations of insect pests
- Life cycles of pathogenic fungi
- Fungi spread through air
- Fungi spread by water
- Conditions required for spore germination
- Applying pest life cycles to pest control
- Cultural controls both in the field and in surrounding areas
- Timing pesticide applications when the pest is most susceptible
- Environmental effects on disease and insect pressure
- Temperature effects on insect and mite pests
- Temperature and moisture effects on disease pathogens
- Computer disease models
- Economic thresholds
- Economic thresholds for insect pests
- Economic thresholds for diseases
- Pesticides
- Pesticide labels
- Keeping written, accessible pesticide records