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Pest Management - Plant Protection
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

The crop science departments and the supporting disciplines of entomology-nematology, plant sciences, plant pathology and forest resources and conservation offer the following general and cross-department courses in pest management. (Refer to Agricultural Operations Management for AOM 3333 Pesticide Application and Agricultural General for AGG 5505 Plant Protection in Tropical Ecosystems.)

IPM 3022 Fundamentals of Pest Management

Credits: 3.

Principles of the philosophy that treats the subject of controlling plant pests through integrated systems of management.

IPM 4254 Landscape IPM: Ornamentals and Turf

Credits: 3; Prereq: ENT 3005, NEM 3002, PLP 3002 or IPM 3022.

Identification of abiotic factors, disease and insect/mite and nematode problems that occur on landscape ornamentals and turfgrass throughout Florida. Integrated management concepts and strategies presented for these problems include all available options.

PMA 3931 Seminar in Basic Plant Pest Management

Credits: 1; Prereq: IPM 3022.

Group study and discussion of the fundamental concepts that relate to the science of plant-pest management.

PMA 4570C Field Techniques in IPM

Credits: 2; Prereq: IPM 3022.

Field experience in pest scouting and pest management decision-making processes.

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General Education Categories:
- (B) = Biological Sciences
- (C) = Composition
- (D) = Diversity
- (H) = Humanities
- (N) = International
- (M) = Mathematics
- (P) = Physical Sciences
- (S) = Social and Behavioral Sciences
Certain classes are approved for multiple gen ed categories; for example, a class may count as C or H.
Students can count a gen ed class toward one category only, except for D and N credits, which must be earned concurrently with a category other than D or N; for example, C or H, and D. Courses cannot count for both D and N.

Other Symbols:
- (MR) indicates the course satisfies the math requirement.
- (WR) indicates the course satisfies the writing requirement.
- (S-U) indicates the course must be taken on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis.
Refer to the Schedule of Courses for specific information.

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