ENT479: Insect Taxonomy, Allelopathy, and General Class Materials

Additional Class Materials!

Allelopathy Laboratory:

http://www.opm.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/OPM_LAB-2-Allelopathy-2012.pdf

Hypotheses and Hypothesis Testing:

http://www.opm.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Hypothesis-Testing.key_.pdf

Insect Taxonomy Slides:

http://www.opm.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/insect-taxonomy-lecture.pdf

Insect Taxonomy Notes:

http://www.opm.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/insect-taxonomy-notes.pdf

First Day Handouts (Syllabus, Unit One Schedule, etc)

http://www.opm.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/OPM_2012_Day1.pdf

Syllabus:

http://www.opm.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/OPM_Syllabus_2012.pdf

Unit One Schedule:

http://www.opm.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/OPM-unit-one-schedule-2012.pdf

Lab 3: Suppressive Soils!

Here is a pdf of the lab handout.

Here is a copy of the excel worksheet including the data we collected yesterday. Please follow the directions in the worksheet and handout when writing your report.

Some pictures taken during the lab:

 

Pest Biology, Ecology, and IPM

Here are the lecture notes and visuals for pest comparative biology.

Here are the lecture notes and visuals for pest ecology.

IPM 1 (Sampling, Phenology) lecture notes and visual aides.

IPM 2 (Thresholds) lecture notes and visual aides.

Farming for the Future Extension Talk

I’d like to thank all those who attended the Southwest Michigan Conservation District “Farming for the Future” workshop on November 17th.  You were a great audience and I appreciated the questions and conversations.

I’ve posted a pdf copy of my talk on organic pest management.

Thanks again for inviting me to be part of your event!

ENT 479 Week 2-3

Hello Class!

Please see the following links for this weeks lectures and documents.

The Example Discussion Handout

The Pests and damage 1 Lecture Notes and Visuals

The Pests and damage 2 Lecture Notes and Visuals

In case you missed this last time here is a link for the discussion roster.

Please remember we’ll be meeting at the CIPS parking lot at 4:30 PM on Thursday September 16 for the second of our two Field Tours. Be sure to wear study cloths, something to write with, and you may want to bring water and a snack. Hopefully we’ll be back in Lansing by 8:30PM. A map showing the field trip locations as well as the location of CIPS can be accessed through this link.

READING FOR NEXT WEEK

Tuesday September 21: The four Energy and Agriculture papers located in the CD Rom

  1. Conforti_1997.pdf
  2. Hill_2006.pdf
  3. Pimentel_2005.pdf
  4. Steinhart_1974.pdf

Wednesday September 23: Chapter 2 in the Entomology and Pest Management Textbook (Pedigo and Rice)

DUE DATES FOR ASSIGNMENTS:

Choose a discussion topic and have it approved by September 21 (email me the final topic title)

Laboratory 1 report is due September 23

Project Proposals are due on October 7

Our first exam will be on October 14