Jordan University of Science and Technology s2

Jordan University of Science and Technology

Faculty of Agriculture

Department of Plant Production

Course Information
Course Title / Integrated Pest Management
Course Number / PP 444
Prerequisites / Economic Entomology (PP 341), Plant Pathology (PP 343)
Instructor / Dr. Hail Shannag
Office Location / C4L2
Office Phone / (962-2) 7201000 (ext. 22257)
Office Hours / Sunday and Thursday (10:00-11:30); Monday (10.00-12:00)
E-mail /
Course Description
Basic tents of integrated pest management emphasizing ecological principles, integration of chemical, biological, cultural, and physical tactics into an overall strategy for the agroecosystem. Pesticides, cultural practices, host resistance, biological control, sterility principles. Economic of pest control and pest/host relationships.
Text Book
1.   Dent, D. 1991. Insect Pest Management. CAB International, UK.
2.   Dent, D. 1995. Integrated Pest Management. Chapman and Hall
3.   Kogan, M. 1986. Ecological Theory and Integrated Pest Management Practice. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York.
4.   Leslie, A. R. & Cuperus, G. W. 1993. Successful Implementation of Integrated Pest Management for Agricultural Crops. Lewis Publishers, UK.
5.   Metcalf, R. L. & Luckmann, W. H. 1994. Introduction to Insect Pest Management, (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York
Assessment Policy
Course Format:
Three 1-hour lecture per week
Lecture:
Students will be determined on the basis of performance on three written examinations;
- First exam ………………………. …………… 25 points
- Second exam ……………………………………. 25 points
- Final exam (comprehensive) ……………………. 40 points
- Oral presentation of term project ………………. 10 points
Course Objectives
The purpose of this course is;
- To introduce each student to the principles of integrated pest management.
- To develop the ecological basis for the integrated pest management paradigm.
- To explore damage and the economic injury level concept.
- To explore the ecological and practical nature of the most commonly used control tactics
- To provide students with background about effects of various control measures on
functioning of agro-ecosystems.
- To provide information on the current status of integrated pest management programs of
arthropods, weeds, diseases, and nematodes in Jordan and other countries.
Learning Outcomes:
At the completion of the course, students are expected to;
- know, why the integrated pest management is.
- understand the philosophy of integrated pest management.
- identify ecological and economic concepts of integrated pest management
- put ecological theory and concepts into practical use.
- identify the necessary components in the development and implementation of integrated
control measures.
- assess options for pest management on the basis of agro-ecological, technical, and
socio-economical criteria.
- set up specific monitoring programs for sampling and forecasting of pests.
- integrate management tactics across pest disciplines for a given crop, assess their legal
aspects and potential side effects.
Course Content
Week Subject Reference No.
1st week 1. Introduction 1, 2, 3,&4
1.1. Integrated pest management defined,
1.2.   Origins of the IPM concept
1.3.   The context of IPM- A profile of modern western agriculture
1.4.   The IPM philosophy-economic, social, political, and
ethical considerations
2nd Week 2. Ecological concepts: 1,4,&5 2.1. Natural ecosystems versus agroecosystems
2.2. Stability and diversity
2.3. Genetic variation and natural selection
3rd Week 2.4. Populations in time
2.5. Populations in space
2.6. Applying ecological concepts to IPM
4th Week 3. Systems concepts 1, 3,& 5
3.1. The systems approach
3.2. Modeling,
3.3. Computer simulations in IPM
5th Week 4. Economic concepts 2, 3, 4,&5
4.1. Crop loss
4.2. Microeconomics at the farm level
4.3. Risk and uncertainty
4.5. Economic thresholds.
4.6. Optimization.
6th Week 5. Biotechnology 2 & 5
6. Pest management decision making 1, 3, & 5
7. Pest management tactics 2, 3, & 5
7.1. Regulatory control
7th Week 7.1.1. Quarantine and eradication,
7.1.2. Control districts and crop-free periods,
7.1.3. Certification of seed and planting stock
7.2. Cultural control 2, 3, & 5
7.2.1. Sanitation
8th Week 7.2.2. Tillage
7.2.3. Crop rotation
7.2.4. Cropping systems
7.3. Biological control 2, 3, & 5
7.3.1. Ecological considerations
9th Week 7.3.2. Biological control of insects
7.3.3.   Biological control of weeds and plant diseases
7.4. Genetic manipulation of pest population 2, 3, & 5
7.4.1. Sterile insect release
10th Week 7.4.2. Delayed sterility
7.4.3. Genetic displacement
7.5. Genetic manipulation of crop (host plant resistance) 2,3,& 5
7.5.1. Inheritance and expression of host plant resistance
7.5.2. Management of gene pools
11th Week 7.5.3. Recombination and selection strategies
7.5.4. Deployment of resistance genes
7.5.5. Host plant resistance to insects
7.6. Chemical control 2, 3, & 5
7.6.1. Pesticide resistance
12th Week 7.6.2. Ecological considerations
7.6.3. Chemicals of biological origin
7.6.4. selecting pesticides for pest management programs
8. Implementation of IPM 1, 2, &3
8.1. Institutions
13th Week 8.2. Communications systems
8.3. Expert systems
8.4. GIS/GPS systems
8.5. Social and political constraints
14th Week 9. Integrated pest management in protected crops 4 & 5
15th Week 10. Integrated pest management in olive trees 5
16th Week Term project presentations
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