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ENTO/CRSS/PATH 3500 (UGA)
Turfgrass Pest Management (3 semester hours)

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Prerequisite: CRSS 2830 or CRSS 3270-3270L

Identification and control of turfgrass weeds, insects, and diseases. Emphasis will be placed on management strategies that include both chemical and nonchemical approaches to the prevention and control of common turfgrass pests.

Requirements: Nine lessons (sixteen units), one examination.

Instructors: Ed A. Brown, Ph.D., Emeritus, The University of Georgia, Cooperative Extension Service (PATH); Gretchen Pettis, Ph.D., The University of Georgia (ENTO).

Texts and Materials: Turgeon, Kral, and Viney, Eds., Turf Weeds and Their Control, American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America, 1994; Brandenburg and Villani, Eds., Handbook of Turfgrass Insect Pests, Entomological Society of America, 1995; Smiley, Dernoeden, and Clarke, Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, 3rd., American Phytopathological Society, 1992.