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Syllabus for:
PLSS/PSAS 420 Crop Pest Control
Fall 2003
| Instructor: |
Dr. John S. Russin |
| Office: |
Ag 176 |
| Phone: |
453-2496 |
| E-mail: |
jrussin@siu.edu |
| Office Hours: |
MWF 9:00 - 10:00 AM or by appointment |
| Suggested Texts: |
Peterson's Field Guide to the Insects |
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National Audubon Society - Field Guide to Insects &
Spiders |
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Simon & Schuster's Guide to Insects |
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How to Know the Insects |
This is a composite course
in applied entomology. It is designed to provide: i) fundamental knowledge
about insect structure, function, ecology, and management, and ii) a survey
of major insect pests of crop plants, encompassing their identification,
life cycles, damage and losses, and management strategies
TOPIC
WEEK
| Introduction; Relationships of insects with humans |
1 |
| Basic insect structure |
2 |
| Basic insect function |
3 |
| Basic insect ecology |
4 |
| Basic insect management; IPM |
5 |
| Major pests in Coleoptera |
6-7 |
| Major pests in Lepidoptera |
8-9 |
| Major insect pests in Homoptera and Hemiptera |
10-11 |
| Major insect pests in Orthoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera |
12-13 |
| Household and structural pests |
14-15 |
EXAM SCHEDULE
Four 1-hour exams will be scheduled. The last of these exams will occur
during the week of Final Exams and will not be comprehensive. The lowest
grade of these 4 exams will be dropped.
INSECT COLLECTION
All students will develop an insect collection. This collection will
contain properly mounted and displayed insects in 50 different families.
These families will be included in, but not limited to, the following
orders: Orthoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Homoptera, Hemiptera,
and Hymenoptera.
GRADE DETERMINATION
Lecture exams: 3
x 100 points each = 300 points (drop lowest grade)
Insect
collection:
100 points
∑ = 400 points
A 360 - 400
B 320 - 359
C 280 - 319
D 240 - 279
F < 240
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