LECTURE NOTES FOR HORT 481 WEED SCIENCE LAB

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Lecture notes for "TOPICS COVERED"

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1

8/24

Introduction to lab notes.

Updated: Introduction to lab notes, added detail regarding Weed Collection..   Also contains an example of the Weed Collection Master List, the first page of your weed collection.  Posted 10/25/2011.

  Intro Lecture

2

8/31

Weed I.D. Grasses, discussion and selection of lab projects.  Also, view Work Protection Video, required by all students due to pesticide Usage at Magoon Teaching and Research Facility.  See EPA site for more info.

Grassy Weed ID-slideshow

Grass ID and view lab projects

3

9/07

Weed I.D. Broadleaf and sedge weeds

Broadleaf Weed ID-slideshow

Broadleaf weed ID and view lab projects

4

9/14

Weed I.D. Quiz and How to present methods and results of Weed Science Lab field experiments

How to Present Weed Science Research-slideshow

Slide 39 of 94: Shows JD spraying.

How to present Weed Science Research-Lecture

5

9/21

 No-tillage farming.-annual crops

No-till farming-slideshow

No-till farming - annual crops.  Use slides 1-56

No-till lecture for annual crops

6

9/28 No-tillage farming-orchards & forests crops

No-till farming-slideshow

No-till farming - orchard & forest crops.  Use slides 57-95

No-till lecture for orchard and forest crops

7

10/05

Allelopathy in Agroecosystems.

Allelopathy in Ag.-slideshow

Allelopathy-lecture

8

10/12

Living sods for weed control in tropical cropping systems.

Living sods/mulches for HI-slideshow

Living sod/mulch-lecture

9

10/19

Spray equipment: nozzles, pumps and specialized applications systems

Spray equipment-slideshow

Spray equipment-lecture

10

10/26

Notes for Sprayer calibration lecture, demo of small sprayers.

Sencor label as referenced in lecture notes.

Form to collect data for calibration homework.

Confront label as referenced in homework exercise.

No slides, lecture presentation on chalk board only

Calibration lecture using old-school chalk board

Outdoor data collection

Review data collection for homework

11

11/02

Check calibration homework (credit earned), review homework

Calibration quiz - as presented to students

Calibration quiz with answers added

Calibration Quiz with with written description of equations used.

No lecture, students go to the board to present homework problems, then quiz starts Students review calibration homework on chalk board

Questions during quiz

12

11/09

Review of calibration quiz. Collect field data from experiments No slide show just review of calibration quiz on chalk board JD reviews calibration quiz

13

11/16

Herbicide injury and diagnosis

Check list for crop injury and diagnosis

Collect dry weight data.

Herbicide Injury & Diagonosis-slideshow Herbicide Injury & Diagnosis lecture

14

11/23

Worker Protection Standard - Download: How To Comply Guide

Download WPS Inspector's check list - use this to prepare for EPA Inspection

Factors affecting spray

Review data from experiments and be prepared to discuss graphics data for seminar presentations

WPS-slideshow

Drift-slideshow

 

WPS-lecture

Drift-lecture

WPS Training with flip chart

Comments about the Lab Final Exam

15

11/30

WEED COLLECTIONS DUE.   Practice seminar with PowerPoint slides    

16

12/07

Oral presentations of field experiments. See students from previous lab. Written reports due for Project #1 - Herbicide Performance.    

17

12/12

Lab final covers all lab materials except weed I.D. Time: 2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.    

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