IPARC
Presentations
Version: 30/03/2012
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Entomology
Biology-based Chemical Control Methods
Introduction to pesticides and their application
S:  Issues with pesticides
Properties of pesticides
Introduction to Hydraulic nozzles and spray quality
Manually operated hydraulic sprayers
Tractor sprayers
Potato cyst nematode management: Pat Haydock
Presentation at Jeallotts Hill Research Station: Philip Wege
Insecticides/acaricides/nematicides: 1 (neuroactive)

More pesticide properties, bioassays and trials

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
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Week 3  
Controlled droplet application and ULV spraying
Cotton Pest Management

Integrated pest management of tropical cereal pests

Managing human disease vectors
Assessing pesticides against natural enemies
L/V: Introduction to resistance
Resistance mechanisms and detection methods
Resistance management
Integrated pest management of vegetable pests
Integrated pest management of perennial tropical crops

Nozzles for drift reduction and better pest targeting:
revision of nozzles and calibration

Integrated pest management in hops

 

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
Download
PEARL 4 software here (remember also to download Interbase6)

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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