Week 4

Gardeners of Costa Rica Jardineros de Costa Rica

[Community Audience]

1) What is IPM?

Where to send samples

 2) Insects

  1. Identification
    1. Major types & damage they cause
  2. Management – homeowner products

 3) Nematodes

  • Major types
  1. Symptoms
  2. Management – homeowner products
  3. Morning hands-on exercise
    1. Sampling for insects
    2. Making an insect collection
  4. Looking at nematode samples – macroscopic and microscopic

Lunch

4) Diseases

  1. Identification
    1. Fungal
    2. Bacterial
    3. Viral
  2. Management – homeowner products

5) Weeds

  1. Major types
    1. Grass weeds and sedges
    2.  Broadleaf
  2. Management – homeowner products

Afternoon hands-on exercises

  1. Identification of major diseases
    1. Fungal mycelium and fruiting bodies
    2. Bacterial streaming
  2. Looking at weeds in the La Flor landscape

 Master of Gardens / Maestro del Jardin

[Commercial Audience]

1) What is IPM?

  1.   Where to send samples

2) Insects

  1. Identification
    1. Major types & damage they cause
    2. Management – commercial products

3) Nematodes

  1. Major types
  2. Symptoms
  3. Management – commercial products

Morning hands-on exercise

  1. Sampling for insects
  2. Making an insect collection
  3. Looking at nematode samples – macroscopic and microscopic

Lunch

4) Diseases

  1. Identification
    1.  Fungal
    2.  Bacterial
    3. Viral
  2. Management – commercial products

5) Weeds

  1. Major types
    1. Grass weeds and sedges
    2. Broadleaf
  2. Management – commercial products

Afternoon hands-on exercise

  1. Identification of major diseases
    1. Fungal mycelium and fruiting bodies
    2. Bacterial streaming
  2. Looking at weeds in the La Flor landscape
  3. Insects
    1. Scales
    2. Mealybugs
    3. Aphids
    4. Thrips
    5. Beetles
    6. Borers
    7. Caterpillars
  4. Mites
  5. Natural enemies
  6. Parasitoids – how to tell when insects are parasitized
  7. Predators
    1. Ladybugs
    2. Lacewings
    3. Mites
  8. B.t.
  9. Beneficial fungi
  10. Least-toxic pesticides
  11. Traps
    1. Baits
    2. Pheromone
    3. Sticky
  12. Nematodes
    1. Root-knot
    2. Others
  13. Diseases
    1. Leaf-spot
    2. Lawn diseases
    3. Die-back
    4. Virus in vegetables
  14. Weeds
    1. Grass weeds
    2. Sedges
    3. Broad-leaf
    4. Brush
    5. Vines
  15.  Outdoor activities in the garden
    1. How to scout for insects, how to collect insects
    2. Identifying weeds in the La Flor landscape
    3. Scouting for diseases

Equipment and Supplies needed

  1. Dissecting microscopes with light source (at least one, preferably one for each student)
  2. Hand magnifiers (10x) – order some from FL IPM ($6 each?). One foe each student
  3. Books –  FL Ornamental & Turfgrass Pest Management pesticide applicator manual ($25 each). Can also be used for pesticide training.
  4. Other UF/IFAS for-sale books?
  5. Insect vials and containers
  6. Insect collection drawers from EARTH entomology department
  7. Diseased plant samples (EARTH needs to collect), especially bacterial diseased plants to demonstrate bacterial streaming
  8. Herbarium and live samples of typical CR weeds
  9. Live nematodes