ENTO 401. INDEX Page
Lectures
Lecture 1: Introduction to ENTO 401 (08/25)
Lecture
2 :
Lecture
3 : When should IPM be implemented? Sampling
and yield lost (09/01)
Lecture 4 : An ecological foundation for IPM (09/03)
Lecture
5 : Autoecological research on pests and
natural enemies (09/08)
Required
Reading Autoecological research on
pests and natural enemies. Gimme H. Walter. Chapter 9.
Lecture
6 : Biological Control Principles
(09/10)
Lecture
7:
Biological Control Strategies (09/15)
EXAM 1 (09/17)
Lecture
8:
Biological Control Strategies II (9/22)
Lecture
9: Biological
Control Strategies III (9/24)
Lecture
10: Safe Biological Control (9/29)
Required
Reading Safe Biological Control. Ann E. Hajek. Chapter 18.
Lecture
11: Insecticides
(10/01)
Lecture
12: Insecticide
Resistance and Eco-toxicology (10/06)
EXAM 2 (10/08)
Lecture 13: The pesticide paradox in IPM. Risk-benefit analysis (10/13)
Required
Reading The pesticide paradox in
IPM. Risk-benefit analysis. Text Chapter 8.
Lecture
14: Behavior modifying chemicals. Prospects
and Constrains (10/15)
Lecture
15: Cultural and Interference Methods
(10/20)
Lecture
16: Host-plant resistance (10/22)
Lecture
17: Transgenic Insecticidal Cultivars.
Challenges and Opportunities (10/27)
Required Reading Transgenic Insecticidal
Cultivars. Challenges and Opportunities. Text Chapter 6 PRINT IT YOURSELF
EXAM 3 (10/29)
Lecture
18: Manipulation of host-finding and
acceptance behaviors in insects (11/03)
Lecture
19: Understanding species in an IPM context
(11/05)
Lecture 20: Microevolution and IPM Part 1 (11/10)
Required
Reading Microevolution in biological
control: Mechanisms, patterns, and processes. Huffbauer and Roderick 2005.
Lecture
21: Microevolution and IPM Part 2
(11/12)
Lecture 22: Manipulation of Tri-Trofic interactions for IPM (11/17)
Lecture
23: Consumer response to IPM and the future
of IPM (11/19)
Lecture 24: Thanksgiving Break (11/24)
Laboratory/Discussion
Week 3 Lab: Identifying our friends and foes (9/08).
Week 4 Lab: Insect Sampling. Comparing insect diversity of
insecticide treated versus insecticide free cotton fields (9/15)
Week 5 Lab: Analyzing samples from field trip (9/22)
Week 6 Lab: Insect responses to semiochemicals and statistical
tests (9/29)
Protocol Lab
Report Guidelines
Week 7 Lab: Comparing chemical and biological control methods
(10/6)
Week 8 Lab: Invasive species video (10/13)
Week 9 Lab: IPM in the real world (10/20)
Week 10 Lab: The transgenic crops controversy (Debate) (10/27)
Week 11 Lab: Parasitoid host selection versus host-suitability (11/3)
Week 12 Lab: Insect Growth Regulators (11/10)
Week 13 Lab: Groups prepare for their case study presentations
(11/17)
Week 14 Lab: IPM case studies (student presentations) (11/24)