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Assignments by
week: 1,
2,
3,
4, 5,
6,
7, 8,
9,
10,
11, 12,
13,
14, 15,
16,
17 |
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Week 1
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Lecture
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Lab
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Jan. 22
Introduction to
course; insect life history; introduction to
landscape IPM; using the web for finding
information |
1. Introduction to
Life History ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
3. Study
Keys to Orders and Groups of
Insects and Other Arthropods on
Ornamentals
(NC State)
4.
Drawings from Keys to Orders and
Groups of Insects and Other
Arthropods on Ornamentals
(NC State)
Read before lecture:
IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chpt.
1: IPM
of Midwest Landscapes (Krischik:
UMN)
Learning tasks:
1. Visit
CUES website external search
engines
Search for black vine weevil,
white pine weevil, melon/cotton
aphid using
Ohio Factsheet Database and
U Georgia Bugwood Network
2.
Visit
CUES website internal sections
Search for black vine weevil, white
pine weevil, melon/cotton aphid on
Landscape IPM site,
Interiorscape site, and
Black vine weevil site
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1. Video and worksheet:
Eyewitness Insect (30
min.)
2. Examine specimens
of insect and other arthropod orders for
quiz 1
3. Study
Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda
(handout)
4.
Study
Keys to Orders and Groups of
Insects and Other Arthropods on
Ornamentals
(NC State)
5.
Drawings from Keys to Orders and
Groups of Insects and Other
Arthropods on Ornamentals
(NC State)
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Jan. 24
History of IPM; damage diagnosis |
1. History of IPM ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
3.
Study
Keys to Orders and Groups of
Insects and Other Arthropods on
Ornamentals
(NC State)
4.
Drawings from Keys to Orders and
Groups of Insects and Other
Arthropods on Ornamentals
(NC State)
Read before lecture:
1.
Integrated Pest Management
(Marcos Kogan)
2.
IPM of Midwest Landscapes,
Chpt. 4: Symptom Categories of
Pest Damage (Davidson: U
Maryland)
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Week 2
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Lecture
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Lab
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Jan. 29
Introduction to
insects and mites |
1. Introduction to
Phylum Arthropoda (orders) ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Orders and Selected Families of
Insects (Virginia Tech)
3. Study
Index to the Compendium of
Hexapod Classes and Orders
(NC State)
4. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
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1. Video and worksheet:
A Bug's Life (20 min.)
2.
Examine specimens of insect and
other arthropod orders
3. Study
Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda
(handout)
4.
Study
Keys to Orders and Groups of
Insects and Other Arthropods on
Ornamentals
(NC State)
5.
Drawings from Keys to Orders and
Groups of Insects and Other
Arthropods
on Ornamentals (NC State)
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Jan. 31
Introduction to
insects and mites |
1.
Video and worksheet:
Insect Orders,
Classification, and Identification (24 min.)
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
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Week 3
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Lecture
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Lab
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Feb. 5
Introduction to
insects and mites
Web Quiz 1 due |
1.
Insect Morphology html presentation
(mouthparts, antennae, legs, wings,
etc. of different insect orders)
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
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1.
Video and worksheet:
Life in the Undergrowth, pollination
and nursemaids
(20 min.)
2.
Examine specimens of insect orders
3.
Lab Quiz 1
4.
Study
Keys to Orders and Groups of
Insects and Other Arthropods on
Ornamentals
(NC State)
5.
Study
Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda
(handout)
6.Drawings from Keys to Orders and
Groups of Insects and Other
Arthropods on Ornamentals
(NC State)
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Feb. 7
Introduction to
insects and mites |
1.
Insect Morphology html presentation
(mouthparts, antennae, legs, wings,
etc. of different insect orders)
2. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
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Week 4
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Lecture
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Lab
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Feb. 12
Greenhouse/
interiorscape IPM: pests |
1. Greenhouse Pests ppt:
htm or
ppt
2.
Video and worksheet:
Integrated
Pest Management in Greenhouses (27
min.)
3. Study
Class Insecta, Order Thysanoptera:
Thrips: Life History (handout)
4. Study
Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families (handout)
5. Study
Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families: Life
history (handout)
6. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
Learning tasks:
1. Study Greenhouse Pests (MDA):
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Aphids •
Fungus Gnats •
Mealybugs •
Soft Scales
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Thrips •
Two-Spotted Spider Mite •
Whitefly
2. Study
CUES Interiorscape
Site:
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Pesticide Information
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Pest Identification and Diagnosis:
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Aphids •
Flies •
Mealybugs •
Mites •
Scale Insects •
Thrips •
Whiteflies
3.
Search
for thrips on
Ohio Factsheet Database (Ohio State)
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1. Examine specimens of
greenhouse pests and biocontrol
agents
2.
Lab Quiz 2
3.
Lab Quiz 3
4. Study
Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda
(handout)
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Feb. 14
Greenhouse/
interiorscape IPM: biocontrol and
pesticides |
1. Greenhouse Biological Control
ppt:
htm or
ppt
2.
Study
List of greenhouse insecticides by
class (handout)
3. Study
Management of insect and mites in
greenhouse floral crops, Oklahoma
State University (handout)
4. Study
Conventional, biorational, and
bioinsecticides; organic production
approved insecticides (handout)
5. Study
Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families (handout)
6. Study
Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families: Life
history (handout)
7. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
Read before lecture:
IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chpt.
8: Pesticide Characteristics and Use
(Cloyd: U Illinois)
Learning tasks:
1.
Study
Biological Control: A Guide to
Natural Enemies in North America
(Cornell)
2. Study
Biocontrol Application Rates (Greenmethods.com)
3. Study
CUES Interiorscape Site: Biological
Control
4. Study
Arthropod Biological Control (NCR
125)
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Week 5
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Lecture
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Lab
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Feb. 19
Greenhouse resistance management and
IPM programs
Web Quiz 2 due |
1. Greenhouse IPM Programs ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families (handout)
3. Study
Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families: Life
history (handout)
4. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
Learning tasks:
1. Study OHP Pest Solutions:
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Aphids •
Fungus Gnat •
Mealybug and Scale Insects
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Mites •
Thrips
2. Read
Thrips Cocktail, 2003 (Lindquist:
OHP)
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1.Video and worksheet:
Life in the Undegrowth, aphids
and ants (20 min.)
2.
Group Problem
Solving Assignment: Greenhouse IPM
(due weeks 6 and 7; sign up for
presentation date during lab)
3.
Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
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Feb. 21
Greenhouse resistance management and
IPM programs |
1. Greenhouse Resistance
Management ppt: htm
or
ppt
2.
Video and worksheet:
The Queen of Trees (30 min.)
3. Study
Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families (handout)
4. Study
Class Insecta, Order Hemiptera, Suborders
Auchenorrhyncha and
Sternorrhyncha (previously Order
Homoptera): List of families: Life
history (handout)
5. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
Read before lecture:
Biological Control: Approaches and
Application (Landis and Orr: from Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook)
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Week 6
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Lecture
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Lab
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Feb. 26
Landscape IPM: biocontrol
Web Quiz 3 due |
1. Beneficial
Insects and Other Arthropods ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Video and worksheet:
Insects and Spiders and
Mites, Oh My! (39 min.)
3. Study
Class Arachnida, Order Araneae:
Spiders: Life history
(handout)
4. Study
Class Insecta, Order Neuroptera:
Lacewings: Life history
(handout)
5. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
Learning tasks:
1. Study
IPM of Midwest Landscapes:
Beneficial Arthropods
2. Study
Biological Control: A Guide to
Natural Enemies in North America
(Cornell) |
1. Examine specimens of predators
and parasitoids from different orders
2.
Lab Quiz 4
3.
Group Problem
Solving Assignment (Oral
presentations and reports due)
4. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
5. Video and worksheet:
Life in the Undergrowth,
spiders and parasitoids(20 min.)
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Feb. 28
Landscape IPM: biocontrol |
1. Lady Beetles
in Biological Control ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Video and worksheet:
Biological Control:
A Natural Alternative (26 min.)
3. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
Read before lecture:
1.
IPM of Midwest Landscapes,
Chpt. 3: Tips for Using
Biological Control in the
Landscape (Sadof: Purdue)
2.
IPM of Midwest Landscapes,
Pesticide Compatibility with
Biological Control (Sadof
and Raupp: Michigan State)
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Week 7
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Lecture
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Lab
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Mar. 4
Landscape IPM: pesticides
Web Quiz 4 due |
1.
Video and worksheet:
Integrated
Pest Management in Turf (25
min.)
2. Information on
Recent and Novel Pesticides ppt:
htm or
ppt
3. Study
Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda
(handout)
Read before lecture:
1.
IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chpt. 9:
Classes of Pesticides Used in
Landscape/Nursery Pest Management
(Cranshaw: Colorado State)
2.
IPM of Midwest Landscapes,
Chpt. 10: Relative Hazards of
Turf and Ornamental Pesticides
to Non-target Species
(Cranshaw: Colorado State)
Learning tasks: Go to
Kelly Solutions and study pesticides
Additional resources:
1.
IPM of Midwest Landscapes: Pesticides
for Home, Nursery, and Landscape
(Krischik and Delahaut: UMN/ U Wisconsin)
2.
Insecticide Suggestions to Manage
Landscape Tree and Shrub Insects (Krischik
and Hahn: UMN)
3. Insect and Mite Control on Woody
Ornamentals and Herbaceous Perennials
(Ohio State):
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Contents
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General Pests
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Information about Insecticides/Miticides
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1. Lab Quiz 5 Review
ppt:
htm or
ppt
2.
Group Problem
Solving Assignment (Oral
presentations and reports due)
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Mar. 6
Landscape IPM: mites |
1. Mites ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Class Arachnida, Order Acari: Mites:
List of families and explanation of
eriophyid mites (handout)
3. Study
Class Arachnida, Order Acari: Life
history (handout)
4. Study
Miticides and compatibility with
biological control (handout)
5. Study
Introduction to Phylum
Arthropoda (handout)
Read before lecture:
1.
IPM of Midwest Landscapes,
Chpt. 6: Mites in the
Landscape
(Appleby: U Illinois)
2.
Insect and Mite Galls (Wawrzynski
et al.: UMN)
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Week 8
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Lecture
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Lab
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Mar. 11
Turf
IPM
Web Quiz 5 due |
1. Turf Pests
ppt:
htm or
ppt
2.
Study
Moths in Turf: Identifying,
Scouting, and Managing
(handout)
Read before lecture:
Managing Lawn and Turf Insects
(Krischik and Ascerno: UMN)
Additional resources:
1.
IPM of Midwest Landscapes:
Pesticides for Turf
(Krischik: UMN)
2. Management of Turfgrass Pests:
Weeds, Diseases, and Insects 2004 (Ohio
State):
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Contents
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Management of Turf Insects and Other
Animals: Insecticide Registrations for
Turf Pests
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Management of Turf Insects and Other
Animals: Information About Turf
Insecticides/miticides
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1. Review specimens of turf
insects
2. Lab Quiz 5: Specimen Quiz (can
not be dropped)
3.
Lab Quiz 6
4. Video and worksheet:
Life in the Undegrowth,
ants, wasps, bees (20 min.)
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Mar. 13 |
Midterm
(study
2005 midterm) |
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Week 9 |
Spring
break |
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Mar. 18 & 20 |
Spring break |
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Week 10
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Lecture
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Lab
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Mar. 25
Turf
IPM |
1. Phyllophaga
and Other Grub Management ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Video and worksheet:
IPM for Trees and
Shrubs on Golf Courses (18 min.)
Read before lecture:
Japanese Beetle Management in
Minnesota (Krischik and
Maser: UMN)
Learning tasks:
1. Study
U.S. Japanese Beetle
Domestic Harmonization Plan
(USDA APHIS)
2. Study
Japanese Beetles in Tennessee
(Tennessee DA)
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1.
Video and worksheet:
Butterflies
(15 min.)
2. Video and worksheet:
Life in the Undergrowth,
Alcon blue butterfly
(20 min.)
3. Review specimens of
Lepidoptera
4.
Lab Quiz 7
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Mar. 27
Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths,
and
skippers) |
1. Introduction to Lepidoptera
ppt:
htm or
ppt
2. Study
Order Lepidoptera: List of families
(handout)
3. Study
Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera:
Butterflies and moths: Life history
(handout)
Read before lecture:
1.
Forest Tent Caterpillars in
Minnesota (Hahn et al.: UMN)
2.
Spring and Fall Cankerworms (Ascerno
and Hahn: UMN)
Learning
tasks:
1. Study
Butterfly Gardening (Krischik:
UMN)
2. Go to USGS sites and look
at photos of Lepidoptera:
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Moths of North America: Photo
Thumbnails
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Butterflies of North America: Photo
Thumbnails
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Caterpillars of Eastern Forests:
Families of Caterpillars
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Week 11
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Lecture
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Lab
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Apr. 1
Lepidoptera; degree days
Web Quiz 6 due |
Degree-Day and
Phenological Models ppt:
htm or
ppt
Read before lecture:
IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chpt.
11: Using Degree-Days and Plant
Phenology to Predict Pest Activity
(Herms: Ohio State) |
1.
Video: Gypsy Moth Virus (15
min.; use for lab quiz 8)
2. Gypsy moth discussion
3.
Lab Quiz 8
Read before lab:
1. Gypsy Moth (MDA):
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Gypsy Moth in Minnesota
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Gypsy Moth Life Cycle
2. Gypsy Moth Program Fast Facts
(MDA):
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Gypsy Moth Backgrounder
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Treatments: Btk
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Treatments: Pheromone Flakes
3.
FIDL
162: Gypsy Moth (USDA)
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