Presentations
Version: 16/12/2009
![]() |
|
| Entomology, IPM and Tropical Pest Management | |
| Biological and Chemical Control Methods | |
| Introduction to pesticides and their application | |
| S: Issues with pesticides | |
| Properties of pesticides (introduction to dose and efficacy) |
| Introduction to Hydraulic nozzles and spray quality | |
| Manually operated hydraulic sprayers | |
| Large scale field crop spraying | |
| Spray application (Environmental conditions) | |
| S: From blue sky to green fields - Prof P E Russell | |
| Pesticide discovery and development: technical issues |
| Formulation
of chemical and biological pesticides |
|
| Sampling and analysing sprays | |
| Mistblowers | |
| Vehicle mounted, air-assisted sprays (orchard sprayers) | |
| Week 2 | |
| Insecticides/acaricides/nematicides: 1 (neuroactive) | |
| Fungicides: basics of activity | |
| Rational herbicide use | |
| More pesticide properties and bioassays | |
| Bioassays: log-probit graph paper and 2007 - 2009 data ... | |
| Environmental fate and behaviour of pesticides | |
| Space treatments: thermal and cold fogging | |
| Dust, microgranule & granule application | |
| S: Spray drift from a regulatory perspective - Dr AC Chapple | |
| Assessing pesticides against natural enemies | |
| L/V: Introduction to resistance | |
| Resistance mechanisms and detection methods | |
| Resistance management | |
| Case study: integrated pest management of vegetable pests | |
| Pesticide application, residues and safety | |
| Choice of equipment: safety considerations | |
| Insecticides & acaricides: 2 (non-neuroactive & novel) | |
Controlled droplet application and ULV spraying |
|
| Week 3 | |
| Targeted application: chemigation, seed treatment, etc. | |
| Aerial spraying | |
| S:
Biopesticide Product Development - from the laboratory to the global market |
|
| Introduction to Biopesticides | |
| Application and Formulation of Biopesticides | |
| Entomopathogenic nematodes (L1 & L2) | |
| S: Monitoring for disease and pest control |