This course integrates the two major sources of economic losses that occur while crops are still in the field. The course will, therefore cover (i) weed science (wee identification, ecology, morphology, distribution economic importance and control using all the methods); (ii) pest management (pest identification, classification, pest outbreak, crop losses due to pests, concept of economic threshold). Emphasis will be put on pest that attack crops of economic value (coffee, cotton, maize, rice, beans, bananas, tea, ground nuts, etc.). In the practical work, students will survey weeds, collect and make weed albums, and carry out practical management using various classes of herbicides and other methods of weed control, identify common plant pests of important crops and their control.
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