Presentations
Version: 30/03/2012
© all rights reserved.
Version: 30/03/2012
© all rights reserved.
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Presentations
Version: 30/03/2012 © all rights reserved. |
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| Entomology | |
| Biology-based Chemical Control Methods |
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| Introduction to pesticides and their application |
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| S: Issues with pesticides |
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| Properties of pesticides |
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| Introduction to Hydraulic nozzles and spray quality |
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| Manually operated hydraulic sprayers |
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| Tractor sprayers | |
| Potato cyst nematode management: Pat Haydock | |
| Presentation at Jeallotts Hill Research Station: Philip Wege | |
| Insecticides/acaricides/nematicides: 1 (neuroactive) |
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More pesticide properties, bioassays and trials |
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| Insecticides/acaricides: 2 - non-neuroactive and novel | |
| Bioassays: log-probit graph paper and 2007 - 2012 data ... |  |
| Fungicides: basics of activity | |
| Rational herbicide use | |
| Formulation of chemical and biological pesticides | |
| Week 2 | |
| Environmental aspects of pesticide application | |
| Sampling and analysing sprays | |
| Practical: VMD calculation | |
| Sprayer Pocket Book | |
| Motorised Mistblowers | |
| Vehicle mounted, air-assisted sprays (orchard sprayers) | |
| Chemical ecology: chemistry: David Hall | |
| Use of insect pheromones and other semiochemicals for pest management | |
| Integrated pest management of temperate fruit | |
| Aerial spraying | |
| Integrated pest management of migrant pests | |
| Impact of GM technology on use of pesticides | |
| Space spraying, Granule/Dust application | |
| Week 3 | |
| Controlled droplet application and ULV spraying |
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| Cotton Pest Management | |
Integrated pest management of tropical cereal pests |
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| Managing human disease vectors | |
| Assessing pesticides against natural enemies |
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| L/V: Introduction to resistance |
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| Resistance mechanisms and detection methods |
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| Resistance management |
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| Integrated pest management of vegetable pests |
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| Integrated pest management of perennial tropical crops |
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Nozzles for drift reduction and better pest targeting:
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Integrated pest management in hops |
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| Week 4 | |
| Targeted application techniques (chemigation, seed treatment etc); special issues with the application of biopesticides | |
| Choice of equipment: safety and residues: good neighbour programmes | |
| Assessing operator exposure ; demonstration of PPE | |
| Environmental fate and behaviour of pesticides | |
Introduction to Ground water modelling |
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| S: Spray drift from a regulatory perspective: Dr Andrew Chapple | |
| S: Biological control of weeds – conflicts of interest: Dr Richard Shaw | |
| Workshop project: ‘Tackling Pest Problems’ | |
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