Regular surveying and monitoring is key to successful identification of the problem at the appropriate time to allow you to initiate management programs. There are many types of monitoring methods available for use, depending upon what you are monitoring. Timing of control actions is often critical for pest management. For example, once disease symptoms become apparent, it is often too late to effectively control plant diseases. Timing of control is much easier if you are familiar with your plants and the problems that may exist.
Many different methods are available for pest management.
During this course, you will be asked to provide management schemes for diseases and insects of ornamental plants. We hope that these assignments expose you to the many different methods that are available for pest management. Most everyone is familiar with the uses and benefits of chemical pesticides. As you are aware, there are negative disadvantages also associated with the use of chemical pesticides. We hear in the news quite often about concerns of groundwater quality and environmental pollution.