BISC 435
Class schedule

 
 
Date Topic
Jan. 6th
Jan. 8th Introduction and background
Jan. 10th History of pest management
Jan. 13th Target systems
Jan. 15th
Why do species become pests - MPB an example
Jan. 17th Invasive species
Jan. 20th How do we gather information - sampling
Jan. 22nd Pest monitoring systems
Jan. 24th Physiological time and day degree models
Jan. 27th Economic decision making
Jan. 29th Theory of pest management
Jan 31st   Population processes
Feb. 3rd Guest lecture - Carolyn Teasdale - sampling and decision making in practice
Feb. 5th
Population dynamics
Feb. 7th Guest lecture - Paul Macdonald - developing a model for pest management
Feb. 10th-15th READING WEEK
Feb. 17th
Guest lecture - Isabelle Cote - Invasive lionfish in the Caribbean
Feb. 19th
Physical control
Feb. 21st Cultural control
Feb. 24th MID TERM
Feb. 26th Plant resistance
Feb. 28th Behavioural control
March 3rd Guest lecture - Antonia Musso - Urban pests and rodent control
March 5th Classical biological control
March 7th Paper session 1
March 10th Augmentative control
March 12th Microbial pest control
March 14th Paper session 2
March 17th Guest lecturer - Andrew Wylie - Control of plant pathogens
March 19th Conservation biocontrol
March 21st Paper session 3
March 24th Genetic control approaches
March 26th Mini-debate - genetically modified crops
March 28th Genetically modified organisms
March 31st Evolutionary aspects of pest management
April 2nd Paper session 4
April 4th Biodiversity and ecosystem services
April 7th Paper session 5
April 9th Climate change and pest control or review session