INSECT PEST AND VECTOR MANAGEMENT
ENY 5236
3 credit hours
Instructor: John L. Capinera
Office: Entomology-Nematology Bldg., Room 1018
Phone: 352-392-1901 X 111
Email: capinera@ufl.edu
Part I. Background to Insect Pest and Vector Management
1. Pests and humans (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 1 and Supplementary
Readings 1, 2, 3)
2. The causes of pest and vectored disease outbreaks (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 2 and Supplementary Reading 11)
3. Sampling and monitoring arthropods (Reading Assignment: Supplementary Reading 5)
Part II. Approaches to Insect Pest and Vector Management
4. Insecticides (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 3 and Supplementary Reading 18)
5. Application of insecticides (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 4 and Supplementary
Readings 7, 14)
6. Problems associated with using insecticides (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 5
and Supplementary Readings 8, 10)
7. Environmental and cultural control (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 6 and
Supplementary Reading 4)
8. Biological control (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 7 and Supplementary
Readings 23, 25, 27)
9. Insect pathogens (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 8 and Supplementary Reading 15)
10. Genetic control and area-wide management (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 9
and "community participation" from Chapter 12, plus Supplementary Reading 6, 12, 13)
11. Pheromones (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 10 and Supplementary Reading 17, 19)
12. Host resistance (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 11 and Supplementary Reading
21, 22)
13. Physical measures (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 12 [except legislative section]
and Supplementary Reading 20)
14. Legislation and regulation (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 12 [legislative section]
and Supplementary Reading 24)
15. Emerging concepts and practices (Reading Assignment: Text, Chapter 13 and
Supplementary Readings 9, 16, 26)
Course Description
The principles and practices used in pest management, emphasizing arthropod pests affecting crop and ornamental plants, humans and livestock.
Prerequisite
An introductory course in entomology.
Course Goals and Objectives
The goals of this course are (1) to provide a broad overview the philosophy of pest management, including the ecological and economic basis for attainment of pest status, and (2) to discuss the techniques available to pest managers, including the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Grading for Course
The course grade is based on performance on 2 exams and a project (each representing 1/3 of the final grade). The final grade will be assigned as: >90%=A; 89.9-85.0=B+; 84.9-80.0=B; 79.9-75.0=C+; 74.9-70.0=C; 69.9-65.0=D+; 64.9-60.0=D; <60=E.
Questions are provided in each of the lessons. They are based on the material presented on the CD and text readings, and the supplementary readings. They are designed to help you understand what is important for you to know.
Project requirement
You are to select a pest management situation (for example, a crop) that is grown in at least two geographically distant and climatologically different regions (for example, southeastern and midwestern USA). You are to identify the 5-10 most important arthropod pests associated with that "situation" in each geographic region, and search for the existing management recommendations (both chemical and nonchemical) for each. Copy the recommendations for pest management provided by the state extension service (or the equivalent) and include them as an appendix in your report.
Provide a one-page synopsis of the biology, economic importance, and sampling protocols for each pest. If economic injury levels or treatment thresholds exist, they should be included. Discuss why you selected these particular pests as the most important (provide documentation from the literature as to frequency of infestation or economic impact). Discuss the regional differences in major pests (if there are any), and the differences in pest management recommendations. For each pest, indicate how you would offer optional pest management procedures (both preventative and curative) to someone requesting information on pest management, including specific insecticides. Although pest control recommendations often are mostly lists of registered insecticides, search for efficacy data (Arthropod Management Tests and Journal of Economic Entomology are good sources) that supports the use of your suggested insecticides for each major pest, and append copies of the research that justifies your choices.
This report can be submitted in either electronic or hard copy form, and must be received by the instructor at least 2 weeks before the end of the semester. Late submissions automatically will receive one lower letter grade.
Textbook/Readings
Van Emden, H.F. and M.W. Service. 2004. Pest and Vector Control. Cambridge University Press. 349 pp. (Note: Text is recommended, not required)
Other readings as assigned (see supplemental reading list).
List of supplementary readings (Note: Required reading)
These readings are on your CD in pdf format. You should print and read them.
1. History and insects. Pages 1076-1090 in Encyclopedia of Entomology (2004).
2. Decomposer insects. Pages 664-674 in Encyclopedia of Entomology (2004).
3. Transmission of plant diseases by insects Pages 2290-2317 in Encyclopedia of entomology
(2004).
4. Host plant selection by insects. Pages 1120-1128 in Encyclopedia of Entomology (2004).
5. Sampling arthropods. Adapted from pages 1933-1945 in Encyclopedia of Entomology (2004).
6. Area-wide insect pest management. Pages 180-194 in Encyclopedia of Entomology (2004).
7. Insecticide application: the dose transfer process. Pages 1165-1180 in Encyclopedia of
Entomology (2004).
8. Management of insect-vectored pathogens of plants. Pages 1336-1339 in Encyclopedia of
Entomology (2004).
9. Economic injury level and economic threshold concepts in pest management. Pages 744-748 in
Encyclopedia of Entomology (2004).
10. Plant viruses and insects. Pages 1762-1768 in Encyclopedia of Entomology (2004).
11. North American vegetable pests; the pattern of invasion. American Entomologist 48:20-39
(2002).
12. Medfly (Diptera: Tephritidae) genetic sexing: large-scale field comparison of males-only and
bisexual sterile fly releases in Guatemala. Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 1547-1553.
13. Recapture of sterile Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in California's
preventative release program. Journal of Economic Entomology 97:1554-1562 (2004).
14. Effect of temperature on efficacy of insecticides to differential grasshopper (Orthoptera:
Acrididae). Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 1595-1602 (2004).
15. Plant-incorporated Bacillus thuringiensis resistance for control of fall armyworm and corn
earworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in corn. Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 1603-1611 (2004).
16. Tactics for management of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and tomato spotted wilt virus in
tomato. Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 1648-1658 (2004).
17. Comparison of sticky wing and cone pheromone traps for monitoring seasonal abundance of black
cutworm adults and larvae on golf courses. Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 1666-1670 (2004).
18. Evaluation of a nonconventional insecticide and appropriate application timing for destruction
of gypsy moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) egg masses. Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 1671-1674
(2004).
19. Monitoring western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) susceptibility to carbaryl and
curcurbitacin baits in the areawide management pilot program. Journal of Economic Entomology 97:
1726-1733 (2004).
20. Management of aphid-borne viruses and Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in zucchini
squash by using UV reflective plastic and wheat straw mulches. Environmental Entomology 33:
1447-1457 (2004).
21. Efficacy of permethrin-treated uniforms in combination with DEET topical repellent for
protection of French military troops in Ivory Coast. Journal of Medical Entomology 41: 914-921
(2004).
22. Laboratory evaluation of mosquito repellents against Aedes albopictus, Culex nigripalpus, and
Ochlerotatus triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 41: 726-730.
23. Release, establishment and monitoring of Bemisia tabaci natural enemies in the United States.
Pages 58-65 in International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods (2002).
24. Field effects of BT corn on the impact of parasitoids and pathogens on European corn borer in
Illinois. Pages 278-283 in International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods (2002).
25. Classical biological control of arthropods in the 21st century. Pages 3-16 in International
Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods (2002).
26. Augmentation biological control using the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema feltiae against
the South American leafminer Liriomyza huiobrensis. Pages 136-140 in International Symposium on
Biological Control of Arthropods (2002).
27. Augmentation in orchards: improving the efficacy of Trichogramma inundation. Pages 130-135 in
International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods (2002).
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