PSC201 Invertebrate Pest Management (8)
AbstractThe subject deals with forms, function, life-cycles, biology and approaches to the control and management of invertebrate pests in Agriculture and Horticulture. |
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Session 2 | Internal | Wagga Wagga Campus | Distance* | Wagga Wagga Campus |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: PSC201
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject informationDuration | Grading System | School: |
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One session | HD/FL | School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- Be able to accurately describe the classification, biology, life cycles and population dynamics of invertebrate pests, including; - Define and characterise pest species. - Identify major pest and natural enemy types. - Economic, environmental and societal costs of pests. - Population biology and pest dynamics.
- Be able to discuss the principles and approaches for the control and management of invertebrate pests including chemical, biological and cultural including; - Define integrated pest management (IPM) and identify the fundamental principles related to this approach. - Analyse and evaluate the major techniques used within IPM strategies. - Describe biosecurity approaches.
- Be able to demonstrate techniques in working with invertebrate pest management including; - Apply the economic injury level concept and its importance in an IPM program. - Analyse the major techniques used for pest monitoring and surveillance. - Identify and integrate pest management tactics. - Evaluate interactions between pest management tactics in terms of implementing an integrated approach for various production and environmental systems.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics: Module 1, Pests and their biology
- Properties of pestiferous arthropods.
- Pest identification and its importance.
- Applied population biology
- Socioeconomic impacts of pests.
Module 2 Pest management approaches
- A brief history of pest management, control and biosecurity.
- Pesticides (inc semiochemicals)
- Biological control
- Host plant resistance (inc transgenic crops)
- Cultural control
- Regulatory approaches (inc sterile insect technique)
- Monitoring and thresholds in IPM
- Planning and implementing IPM (including field scale tactics to area wide management)
- Future of IPM (including barriers to and drivers for adoption, organic production, climate change)
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Residential SchoolThis subject contains a compulsory 2 day residential school.
Primary focus is practical skills in insect handling, preservation, identification etc. Some work on use of Pebble Pad and raising awareness of the student-centred approach taken in the subject.
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The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.