Introduction to Applied Entomology
About the Course Instructors Syllabus Insect Collection Grades
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Syllabus: Fall 2009

Crop Sciences 270:
Introduction to Applied Entomology
(Also IB 220 and NRES 270)
University of Illinois

Rick Weinzierl, Professor
Stephanie Dold and Moneen Jones, Teaching Assistants

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Lect

Day

Date

Lecture

Lab

1

M

Aug 24

Course overview; introduction to insects

1. Microscopes, specimens, collecting equipment

2

W

Aug 26

Insect morphology

3

M

Aug 31

Insect growth and development

2. Field trip 1

4

W

Sep 2

Insect behavior and reproduction

(No lab)

5

W

Sep 9

Principles of taxonomy; phyla >> orders

6

M

Sep 14

Orders: Entognatha through Blattaria

3. Field trip 2

7

W

Sep 16

Orders: Isoptera through Hemiptera

8

M

Sep 21

Orders: Thysanoptera through Coleoptera

4. Taxonomy 1

9

W

Sep 23

Order: Hymenoptera

10

M

Sep 28

Orders: Trichoptera and Lepidoptera

5. Taxonomy 2

11

W

Sep 30

Orders: Siphonaptera and Diptera

--

M

Oct 5

Review

Lab Exam 1

12

W

Oct 7

Lecture Exam 1

13

M

Oct 12

Exam return and review, guidelines for the remainder of the course

6. Collection preparation

14

W

Oct 14

Insects as pests; integrated pest management

15

M

Oct 19

Thresholds for insect management

7. Collection preparation

16

W

Oct 21

Phenology

17

M

Oct 26

Biological control I

8. Field crop insects

18

W

Oct 28

Biological control II

19

M

Nov 2

Transgenics I

9. Greenhouse & turf insects

20

W

Nov 4

Transgenics II

21

M

Nov 9

Insecticides -- chemical groups, modes of action

10. Tree and shrub insects

22

W

Nov 11

Insecticides -- chemical groups, modes of action

23

M

Nov 16

How insecticides are used

11. Fruit and vegetable insects

24

W

Nov 18

Insecticide resistance

25

M

Nov 30

Insecticide toxicity and environmental fate

12. Insect pests of humans and our property

26

W

Dec 2

Pesticide regulation

27

M

Dec 7

An overview of integrated pest management

Lab Exam 2

28

W

Dec 9

Review

Final Exam:  8:00 a.m., Thursday, December 17, 2009, in W-115 Turner Hall

Introduction to Applied Entomology
About the Course - Instructors - Syllabus - Insect Collection - Grades
University of Illinois - Department of Crop Sciences - Integrated Pest Management

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