CPSC 473
Mgmt of Field Crop Insects

Credit:  3 hours.


Ecological principles of insect populations in agroecosystems including: sampling insect populations, threshold development, bioeconomics and decision-making, population regulation, designing management strategies for field crop insect pests, and deployment of transgenic crops for management of insect pests. Case studies describing various pest management programs in field-crop settings will be provided. Prerequisite: CPSC 270, Introductory Entomolgy, or an equivalent course, or consent of instructor.