Entomology 4015 - Ornamentals and Turf Entomology

Assignments by week: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Week 1

Lecture

Lab

Jan. 20

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

1. Video and worksheet: Eyewitness Insect (30 mins)

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)

Jan. 22

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)

Week 2

Lecture

Lab

Jan. 27

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)

1. Video and worksheet: A Bug's Life (20 mins)

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)

Jan. 29

Introduction to insects and mites

1. Video and worksheet: Insect Orders, Classification, and Identification (24 min.)

2. Study Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda (handout)

Week 3

Lecture

Lab

Feb. 3

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)

1. Video and worksheet:

Life in the Undergrowth: pollination and nursemaids (16 mins)

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)

Feb. 5

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)

Week 4

Lecture

Lab

Feb. 10

Greenhouse/ interiorscape IPM: pests

1. Greenhouse Pests ppt: htm or ppt

2. Video and worksheet: Integrated Pest Management in Greenhouses (27 mins.)

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):
• Aphids • Fungus Gnats • Mealybugs • Soft Scales
• Thrips • Two-Spotted Spider Mite • Whitefly

2. Study CUES Interiorscape Site:
• Pesticide Information
• Pest Identification and Diagnosis:
• Aphids • Flies • Mealybugs • Mites • Scale Insects • Thrips • Whiteflies

3. Search for thrips on Ohio Factsheet Database (Ohio State)

1. Examine specimens of greenhouse pests and biocontrol agents

2. Lab Quiz 2

3. Lab Quiz 3

4. Study Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda (handout)

Feb. 12

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)

Week 5

Lecture

Lab

Feb. 17

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:
• Aphids • Fungus Gnat • Mealybug and Scale Insects • Mites • Thrips

2. Read Thrips Cocktail, 2003 (Lindquist: OHP)

1.Video and worksheet:

Life in the Undegrowth: aphids and ants

(7 mins)

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)

Feb. 19

Greenhouse resistance management and IPM programs

1. Greenhouse Resistance Management ppt: htm or ppt

2. Video and worksheet: The Queen of Trees (30 mins)

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)

Week 6

Lecture

Lab

Feb. 24

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 mins)

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: orchard spiders

(11:09 mins)

Feb. 26

Landscape IPM: biocontrol

1. Lady Beetles in Biological Control ppt: htm or ppt

2. Video and worksheet: Biological Control: A Natural Alternative (26 mins)

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)

Week 7

Lecture

Lab

Mar. 3

Landscape IPM: pesticides

Web Quiz 4 due

1. Video and worksheet: Integrated Pest Management in Turf (25 mins)

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):
• Contents
• General Pests
• Information about Insecticides/Miticides

1. Lab Quiz 5 Review ppt: htm or ppt

2. Group Problem Solving Assignment (Oral presentations and reports due)

Mar. 5

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)