Title: Unit 11 Lab Assignment
Course: HRT 270 Sustainable Landscape Practices - Spring 2015 > Section: HRT 270 Sustainable Landscape Practices - Spring 2015

Unit 11 Lab Assignment

Unit 11 Lab Assignment

IPM and Controlling the “Top 12” (40 points)

Complete the following lab assignment and submit your work using the Dropbox on the course home page.

Prepare | Review the reading "Top 12 Lawn and Garden Pests" which identified some of the most damaging and historically challenging pests in modern landscaping.
Research | Pick any three of these pest and use the tools of an integrated pest management (IPM) program to make recommendations for control. Properly identify your resources, using only those within a 100-mile radius of the campus.
Analyze | The goal of your recommendations should be efficacy while using the least amount of pesticides.
Document | For each example prepare a 167-word synopsis of the pest and the control methods, submitting a 500-word summary of your findings.

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- Lab Assignment Rubric - 40 pts.pdf (173.39 KB)