Title: Manage pests, using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies.
Course: Landscaping I (18054-I) > Section: Maintaining the Landscape

Management should include

- identifying the major categories of pests
- explaining the life cycles of common plant pests
- recognizing signs of pest damage
- identifying the major categories of weeds
- identifying beneficial insects
- explaining the difference between selective and nonselective herbicides
- following safety precautions when handling and using pesticides
- discussing the importance of IPM
- recording pest problems in a school landscape
- developing pest control schedules for ornamental plantings and turf grass
- describing how to control weeds with preemergence herbicide
- describing how to control weeds with postemergence herbicide
- identifying and controlling insects and related pests on trees and shrubs
- identifying and controlling foliar diseases
- maintaining pesticide application records.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is IPM?
- How are herbicides selected?
- What are important safety practices to follow when using pesticides?
- How might one diagnose plant diseases based on symptoms exhibited by the plant(s)?
- How might one diagnose insect damage, infestation, and the need to report information to authorities?