PATH/ENTO 4360/6360

Ornamental Pest Management

Fall 2004

DATE

Instructor

TOPIC(S)

20 August

Woodward

Ornamental Pest Management Introduction

23 August

Horton

Introduction to Entomology; Grasshoppers … & Redheaded pine sawfly

25 August

Horton

Fall webworm, Tobacco budworm, Yellownecked caterpillar, Columbine & boxwood leafminers

27 August

Horton

Gall making flies & eriophyids mites, Blister beetles & Flea beetles

30 August

Horton

Entomology Test 1

1 September

Horton

Spider mites: Twospotted spider mite & Southern red mite

3 September

Horton

Tarsonemid Mites: Cyclamen mite, Broad mite

6 September

NO CLASS LABOR DAY

8   September

Horton

Asian ambrosia beetle, Flat headed apple borer, Nantucket pine tip moth & NPTM model

10 September

Horton

Southern pine beetle, Ips

13 September

Horton

Entomology Test 2

15 September

Woodward

Disease development; Phytophthora/Pythium diseases

17 September

Woodward

Rhizoctonia, Thielaviopsis, Sclerotium , etc.

20 September

Woodward

Fungicides, Sanitation, Disinfectants

22 September

Woodward

Recycled irrigation water

24 September

Woodward

Pathology Test 1

27 September

Horton

Cotton/Melon aphid, green peach aphid, Wooly alder/maple aphid

29 September

Horton

Boxwood psyllid, Azalea lace bug, Cicadas

1 October

Woodward

Major foliar diseases: Botrytis blight, fungal leaf spots

4 October

Woodward

Bacterial diseases

6 October

Woodward

Powdery mildew vs. downy mildew

8 October

Woodward

Rust diseases

11 October

Woodward

Fungicides and cultural control integration

13 October

Woodward

Pathology Test 2

15 October

Horton

Armored scale

18 October

Horton

Soft scale & Wooly hemlock adelgid

20 October

Horton

Entomology Test 3

22 October

Horton

Whiteflies

25 October

Horton & Oetting

Mealybugs

27 October

Horton & Oetting

Thrips

29 October

NO CLASS FALL BREAK
1 November

Horton Entomology Test 4
3 November

Czarnota Weed identification
5 November

Czarnota

Weed identification and management

8 November

Czarnota

Weed management

10 November

Czarnota

Future of weed management

12 November

Woodward

Virus diseases, culture indexing, indicator plants

15 November

Woodward

Nematode diseases

17 November

Woodward

Canker diseases ( Botryosphaeria, Seiridium , Pitch)

19 November

Woodward

Evergreen needle and tip blights

22 November

Woodward

Tree wilt diseases and Bacterial scorch

24 November

NO CLASS

Thanksgiving Break

26 November

NO CLASS

Thanksgiving Break

29 November

Woodward

Biological control of plant diseases

1 December

Woodward

Weed and Pathology Test 3

3 December

Horton & Oetting Biological control of insect pests
6 December

Guillebeau

Pesticide Resistance Management

8 December

Guillebeau

Pesticide Safety & Storage

9 December

Team

Review

13 December

Team

Final Exam