BIO 466
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Course Title
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Pre-requisites
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Credit
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Bio 466
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Insect Pest Control
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2
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3
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3
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Bio 359
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- Course Description:
This course is an introduction to pest control strategies. It includes topics of insect pests and economic importance, survival factors of insects, factors that affect insect lifecycle, general methods of insect pests control, natural, applied, microbial and chemical control, the resistance of insect to insecticides, some recent advances in pest control.
- Course Main Objective:
The main goal of this course is to provide a better understanding to the students about insect pest control practices and to provide an understanding of ecological interactions among host, pests and their chemical and natural enemies and to breach the illusionary gap between applied and basic research.
- Learning Resources
- فرج الله، عبدالرحمن والغامدي، خالد محمد )2003 .)الحشرات اإلقتصادية في - المملكة العربية السعودية وطرق مكافحتها، مطابع القوات المسلحة بوزارة الدفاع والطيران، الرياض
- Metcalf .R.Lee , Luckmann W. H.: Introduction to Insect Pest Management, 3rd Edition 3rd Edition, Wiley-Interscience; 3 edition,3rd edition .
- Thacker, J.R.M. (2002). An Introduction to Arthropod Pest Control. Cambridge University Press.
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Last Update
10/13/2009 10:38:45 PM
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