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IPM Core Concepts Module

IPM Core Concepts Module – 15 hours

Cost for Session 8
$250 - registration fee


Course developer: Michael McDonough, IPM Specialist, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota
Instructor: Dr. Mark E. Ascerno, Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota

Session 8 Start Date: April 9, 2012
Session 8 End Date: May 21, 2012

A student who successfully completes the IPM Core Concepts Module will receive 1.5 CEUs and a Certificate of Completion. This information will be added to your personal portfolio so you will always know what you have completed.

The IPM Core Concepts Module provides basic information on the principles of integrated pest management. Understanding these principles is necessary to fully grasp the concepts and applications offered in the IPM3 training program. It is strongly recommended that any student who does not have a strong understanding of the principles that underlay development and implementation of any IPM program take this module as all IPM3 offerings assume a basic understanding of the principles of IPM.

The module is structured into lessons that cover IPM tactics associated with weed, plant disease, arthropod, and vertebrates pests. It uses multiple media learning techniques that include text, videos, still photo, and case studies. Quizzes are provided at the conclusion of each lesson – an overall grade of 80 percent is required for a student to pass the Core Module. Since our goal is to increase your knowledge and understanding, there are no limitations to the number of times a student may retake an assessment.

IPM Core Concepts Module Lesson Outline:

  • Unit 1 Introduction to IPM: pests and pest impacts; pest management; history of pesticide use; IPM developed in response to pesticide problems.
  • Unit 2 IPM Economic Concepts: pest populations; natural control and general equilibrium position (GEP); economic thresholds (ET); economic injury level (EIL).
  • Unit 3 Host Plant Resistance: coevolution and selection pressure; resistance mechanisms: antixenosis, antibiosis, and tolerance; constitutive and induced resistance and their fitness costs; resistance genetics.
  • Unit 4 IPM Tactics Biological Control: biological control organisms; arthropod parasites and parasitoids; arthropod predators; behavior modification.
  • Unit 5 IPM Tactics Chemical Control: pesticide regulation; pesticide classification; pesticide mode of action (MOA); pesticide resistance; insecticide, fungicide, and herbicide resistance; pesticide safety, pesticide residues, and tolerances; environmental fate of pesticides.
  • Unit 6 IPM Tactics Physical Control: physical barriers; manual weeding; mulches; pneumatic control; thermal techniques.
  • Unit 7 IPM Tactics Cultural Control: sanitation; soil tillage; crop rotations; interplanting; trap crops; cover crops elimination of alternate hosts.
  • Unit 8 IPM Tactics Regulatory Control: USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine Program; Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Border Patrol Agricultural Inspection.
  • Unit 9 Introduction to Invasive Species: definition of an invasive species; Executive Order 13112. National Invasive Species Council (NISC); impact of invasive species; APHIS prevention, monitoring, control and emergency program costs $0.9 - $1.4 billion annually; crop and environmental losses of approximately $120 billion annually; biological stages of invasion arrival, establishment, integration, and spread; prevention of arrival in wooden packaging or on live plants; inspections balancing biosecurity, trade, and the environment; prevention of arrival is the inspection system adequate? Examples: NPS Exotic Plant Management Teams, black rats on Anacapa Island, and emerald ash borer.
  • Unit 10 Introduction to Restoration Ecology: definition of ecological restoration; ecosystems are often subject to multiple disturbances; the importance of setting goals for restoration; ecosystem restoration example from Glacier National Park; ecosystem restoration example from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.