IPM Practices for Landscape Pest Management | Texas SPCS Approval #923723

Instructor: Sarah Racine

The Effective Pesticide Applications in Landscape and Turf Settings course focuses on the advantages and factors to consider when creating an integrated structural pest management (IPM) program in Texas.

Course material includes a range of pest management techniques, including augmentation, mechanical and cultural control, sanitation, and pesticide use. Additionally, the course provides guidance on liquid pesticide application equipment and calibration, as well as techniques for applying granule pesticides, tree injection and implantation, and baits/traps.

Students will also learn how to maintain pesticide application equipment and determine the amount of pesticide needed based on pesticide type and area size.

By the end of this course, Texas structural pesticide applicators will:

• Understand the different pest management approaches that comprise an IPM.
• Be able to explain how to utilize granule pesticides, tree injection and implantation, and baits/traps.
• Know the types of pesticide application equipment used in landscape, turf, and interiorscape settings.
• Determine how to maintain and calibrate pesticide application equipment.