IPM Practices for Landscape Pest Management | Washington State Approval #2024-009 C

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 pest management (IPM) program in Washington.

The course discusses pest management techniques such as augmentation, pesticide use, mechanical and cultural control, and sanitation. This course also provides guidance on liquid pesticide application equipment and calibration, as well as techniques for applying granule pesticides, tree injection and implantation, and baits/traps.

Additionally, the course explains how to maintain pesticide application equipment and determine the amount of pesticide needed based on pesticide type and area size.

Washington pesticide applicators who finish this course will be able to:

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