ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY AND NEMATOLOGY

The course provides overview of insect/nematode damage to plants, how organisms become pests, insect/nematode damage and life cycles and briefly description of control measures plant-parasitic nematodes. Students will learn relate basic insect/nematode morphological structures to ecology, life cycle, damage they cause, interactions with other organisms, and management tactics to control population densities.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          objectives:                 

• Understand the life history and ecology of the main economically important pest insects, focusing on those occurring in agricultural ecosystems in Uganda and East African region
• Provide a foundation in aspects of pest management theory and economic decision levels as applied to agro-ecosystems.  At the end of the course students