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In AGLL 2702 (Horticultural Entomology: Food Crops) focus is on the primary insect and mite pests associated with vegetables, fruits, and herbs. For all key pest groups students will learn to identify the insects and their associated injury so they can assess damage potential in field situations. Students will understand best management practices for these pests and learn how to locate available resources that can assist in handling specific pest problems.
This is a four-week asynchronous course. There is no official meeting time and during the week students are able to set their own schedule of class participation. All lectures, quizzes, recommended readings, and weekly project assignments will be released at the beginning of this course. Due dates of assignments will be staggered with all to be completed by the end of this course.
Topics to be presented in five main sections:
Additional courses in this series are AGLL 2701 (Horticultural Entomology Introduction) and AGLL 2703 (Horticultural Entomology: Landscape Plants), which are offered sequentially. AGLL 2701 or an instructor override, is required to enroll in either AGLL 2702 or AGLL 2703.
Noncredit courses do not produce academic credit nor appear on a Colorado State University academic transcript.
Students seeking academic credit should enroll in Students seeking academic credit should enroll in BSPM 356B.