Presentations
Version: 24/3/2009
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| Entomology, IPM and Tropical Pest Management | |
| Biological and Chemical Control Methods |
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| L1: Introduction to pesticides and their application |
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| S1: Issues with pesticides |
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| L2: Properties of pesticides (introduction to dose and efficacy) |
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| L3: Introduction to Hydraulic nozzles and spray quality |
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| L4: Manually operated hydraulic sprayers |
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| L5: Large scale field crop spraying |
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| L6: Spray application (Environmental conditions) |
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| S2: From blue sky to green fields - Prof P E Russell |
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| L7: Pesticide discovery and development: technical issues |
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| L8: Insecticides/acaricides/nematicides: 1 (neuroactive) |
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| L9:
Formulation of chemical and biological pesticides |
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| L10: Sampling and analysing sprays |
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| L11: Mistblowers |
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| L12: Vehicle mounted, air-assisted sprays (orchard sprayers) |
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| L13: Fungicides: basics of activity |
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| L14: Rational herbicide use |
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| L15: Bioassays |
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| P5: Bioassays: log-probit graph paper - 2007 & 2008 data |
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| L16: Environmental fate and behaviour of pesticides |
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| L17: Space treatments: thermal and cold fogging |
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| 17b: Dust, microgranule & granule application |
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| S3: Spray drift from a regulatory perspective - Dr AC Chapple |
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| L18: Insecticides & acaricides: 2 (non-neuroactive & novel) |
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L19: Controlled droplet application and ULV spraying |
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| L20: Targeted application: chemigation, seed treatment, etc. |
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| L21: Aerial spraying |
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| L22: Assessing pesticides against natural enemies |
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| L/V: Introduction to resistance |
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| L23: Resistance mechanisms and detection methods |
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| L24: Resistance management |
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| L25: Case study: integrated pest management of vegetable pests |
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| L26: Pesticide application, residues and safety |
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| L27: Application of Biopesticides |
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| L28: Choice of equipment: safety considerations |
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| Entomopathogenic nematodes (L1 & L2) |
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| S: Monitoring for disease and pest control |
