INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

Principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the applications of these principles for insect pest management. The essential building blocks for the creation of IPM programs are considered; include ecological considerations of the insect pests, yield loss assessments and the relationship between yield loss and pest infestation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Objectives:

• To introduce and equip final year undergraduate BSc. Agriculture and BSc. Horticulture students with knowledge and skills for designing and implementing insect pest management strategies in Crop Husbandry.
• To make known to the students the ecological considerations necessary in designing pest management strategies
• To provide the students with the right foundation to enable them to make correct decisions in managing crop pests