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| Crop Protection | |||
| CROP PROTECT | |||
| CLASS CODE: | AGRON 420 | CREDITS: 4 | |
| DIVISION: | AGRICULTURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | AGRICULTURE BUSINESS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| CATALOG DESCRIPTION: | A field study including principles and practice of identification; cultural, chemical, and/or biological control; pesticide safety, legal implications and herbicide selectivity for the major weeds, insects and diseases. The practical study of pests including: field identification, life styles, hosts, habits, crop damage signs, and principles of control and preventive measures. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | A field study including principles and practice of identification; cultural, chemical, and/or biological control; pesticide safety, legal implications and herbicide selectivity for the major weeds, insects and diseases. The practical study of pests including: field identification, life styles, hosts, habits, crop damage signs, and principles of control and preventive measures. | ||
| TOPICS: | * Field studies in wee, insect and disease collection, identification and IPM. * Spray calibration and application. * Life cycles. * Pesticide evaluation and controls both biological and chemical. * Safety, food quality and worker protection. * Troubleshooting. |
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| OBJECTIVES: | Acquire a working knowledge of weed identification, economic management with chemical and biological controls for major crops found in the intermountain west. Insect and diseased plant tissues. Acquire a working knowledge of insects and plant diseases - identification, economic management with chemical and biological controls for major crop pest problems found in the intermoutain west. Skills learned will prepare those wishing to become a crop consultant or company fieldman or continue their education. | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2002 | ||