PEPS 422 - Biocontrol of invasive species.
PEPS 422 provides undergraduate students with an overview of biological controll of invasive species, concentrating on weed and insect control. Basic ecology of invasive species and biological control agents, practical aspects of implementing biological control, and theoretical aspects are adressed.
This course will be presented in Spring 2007.
Instructor: Dr. Mark G. Wright (Gilmore 511, Tel: 6-7670, email: markwrig@hawaii.edu)
This course comprises about 32 classes primarily addressing the use of insects as biological control agents of invasive weeds and insects. Plant pathogens and some other invasive groups are addressed briefly.
Syllabus outline:
| PEPS 422, Biocontrol of invasive species. Spring 2007 Schedule | |||||
| Class | Day | Date | Topic | Instructor | |
| 1 | T | 9-Jan | Basic ecology | Wright | |
| 2 | Tr | 11-Jan | van Driesche & Bellows 1996, Chapter1 | ||
| 3 | T | 16-Jan | Invasive species, impacts | Wright | |
| 4 | Tr | 18-Jan | Population regulation | Wright | |
| 5 | T | 23-Jan | Weeds, impacts, biology | Wright | |
| 6 | Tr | 25-Jan | Weed biocontrol agents, biology | Wright | |
| 7 | T | 30-Jan | WBCA taxonomy, biology | Wright | |
| 8 | T | 9-Jan | WBCA ecology, behavior | Wright | |
| 9 | Tr | 1-Feb | WBCA - Coleoptera | Wright | |
| 10 | T | 6-Feb | WBCA - Lepidoptera | Wright | |
| 11 | Tr | 8-Feb | Impacts of herbivores on plants | Wright | |
| 12 | T | 13-Feb | Quarantine, production of WBCA's | Wright | |
| 13 | Tr | 15-Feb | Post-release monitoring, evaluation | Wright | |
| 14 | T | 20-Feb | WBC and conservation, agriculture | Wright | |
| 15 | Tr | 22-Feb | Invasive insects | Wright | |
| 16 | T | 27-Feb | Planning IBC | Wright | |
| 17 | Tr | 1-Mar | Insect population ecology | Wright | |
| 18 | T | 6-Mar | Taxonomy of IBC's - predators | Kaufman | |
| 19 | Tr | 8-Mar | Taxonomy of IBC's - parasitoids | Kaufman | |
| 20 | T | 13-Mar | Host specificity, screening | Kaufman | |
| 21 | Tr | 15-Mar | Quarantine, regulation | Kaufman | |
| 22 | T | 20-Mar | Case studies - | Kaufman | |
| 23 | Tr | 22-Mar | Case studies - | Kaufman | |
| T | 27-Mar | Spring break | |||
| Tr | 29-Mar | Spring break | |||
| 24 | T | 3-Apr | Benefits of IBC | Kaufman | |
| 25 | Tr | 5-Apr | Non-target impacts | Kaufman | |
| 26 | T | 10-Apr | Risk-asessment | Wright | |
| 27 | Tr | 12-Apr | Biocontrol of bacteria | Alvarez | |
| 28 | T | 17-Apr | Biocontrol of nematodes? | Sipes? | |
| 29 | Tr | 19-Apr | Biocontrol of fungi? | Uchida? | |
| 30 | T | 24-Apr | Integrated pest management & BC | Wright | |
| 31 | Tr | 26-Apr | Critical assessment of BC | Wright | |
| 32 | T | 1-May | Success and failure | Wright | |
| WBCA = Weed biocontrol agents | |||||
| IBCA = Insect biocontrol agents | |||||
| Instructors: Dr. Mark G. Wright, Gilmore Hall 511A, email: markwrig@hawaii.edu | |||||
| Ms. Leyla Kaufman, Gilmore Hall 510, email: leyla@hawaii.edu | |||||
| Assessment: midterm exam (40% of final grade); final exam (40% of final grade); | |||||
| 20% based on participation in class discussions, assignments etc. | |||||
| This schedule might undergo minor changes. | |||||
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