Entomology: Academics: Course Syllabi

ENTO 3820 - Forest Protection Entomology

Instructor: Dr. C. Wayne Berisford
Office: 453 Biological Sciences
Phone: 542-7888
E-mail: beris@uga.edu

Office hours: Come in, call or e-mail any time

Teaching Assistant: Jim Young - 451 Biological Sciences

Course objectives: Learn to recognize common orders of insects and to recognize specific forest insects and their damage. Learn forest management practices which prevent or minimize insect infestations and procedures for reducing impact of established infestations.

Text: Coulson, R. N. and J. A. Witter. 1984. Forest Entomology, Ecology and Management. John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY. 669 pp.

Lecture: Tuesday, 2nd period (9:30 - 10:45 A. M.). Students are responsible for all material covered in Lectures and should keep notes.

Laboratory: Tuesday 5th and 6th periods (2:00 - 4:45 P. M.) or Thursday 5th and 6th periods (2:00 - 4:45 P. M.). Labs will usually cover material from previous Lectures. Students will be expected to know general arthropod anatomy, common classes and orders of arthropods, specific forest insects and their damage.

Field trips: Field trips will be used to see forest insects and their damage. You are hereby notified that the University of Georgia does not consider itself liable for off-campus field trips and I cannot assume the risk. Therefore, your participation in field trips is purely voluntary and at your own risk. Failure to participate in field trips will not adversely affect grades, but may reduce ability to relate lecture or lab topics to real world situations.

Tests: Two lecture tests, two laboratory tests, plus a lecture final are scheduled.
Test dates are listed on the course schedule. There will be a short (ca. 5 minute) quiz at the end of each lecture on material covered in the previous lecture. These quizzes will constitute 10% of your grade. Examples of typical lecture test and quiz questions are attached.

Grades will be determined as follows: Lecture exams (2) 35%, Lab exams (2) 35%, Weekly quizzes 10%, Final 20% = 100%.
A=91-100, B=81-90, C=71-80, D=61-70, F=60 or less.

Attendance: Students are expected to attend all lectures and labs. Arrangements for excused absences should be made in advance. Makeup tests will be arranged as necessary.

Forest Entomology - Lecture and Lab Schedule **

Date	Topic

Aug. 20	(Lecture) Introduction, description of course, importance of insects and their relatives, introduction to arthropods, including insects.
20, 22	(Lecture/Lab) Arthropod anatomy and diversity.
27	(Lecture) Arthropod/insect anatomy
27, 29	(Lab) Arthropod/insect anatomy
Sept. 3	(Lecture) Complete anatomy, begin insect orders
3, 5	(Lab/Lecture) Common orders of insects, review insect anatomy.
10	(Lecture) Complete orders of insects, orders which are most important to forestry.
10, 12	(Lab) Orders of insects.
17	(Lecture) History of forest entomology. Damage caused by insects relative to other destructive agents. Role of insects in the forest ecosystem.
17, 19	(Lab) Review orders and anatomy, practice lab quiz.
24	(Lecture) TEST on all previous material.
24, 26	(Lab) TEST on all previous material.
Oct. 1	(Lecture) Types of forest insects classified by damage and feeding habits; description and life histories. Includes bark beetles, defoliators, ambrosia beetles, wood borers, meristem insects, wood products insects, recreation/ wildlife pests, etc.
1, 3	(Lab/Lecture) Introduction to the most important forest insects in North America plus some pests which have been recently introduced into the country. A rogues gallery that every forester should know.
Oct. 8	(Lecture) Defoliators - Identification and biologies of the most important species and control techniques.
8,10	(Lab) Examples of common forest insects and damage, methods for identification, practice identification.
15	(Lecture) Bark beetles - Identification and biologies, characteristics of the most important genera and species.
15, 17	(Lab) Field Trip - Southern pine beetle infestation. Techniques for evaluation of infestations for control and marking for salvage-sanitation control. Should also see black turpentine beetle, ips beetles, ambrosia beetles, wood borers, etc.
Oct. 22	(Lecture) Bark beetle control techniques, including salvage, sanitation, chemical and silvicultural control. Experimental methods will also be discussed.
22-24	(Lab) Bark beetles and their damage, meristem insects and their damage, defoliators and sapsucking insects.
29	(Lecture) Meristem insects - these insects usually deform trees and retard growth but rarely kill, life histories and control techniques. Film - Forest insects (shows some life history and damage of four major forest insects including southern pine beetle, mountain pine beetle, gypsy moth and Douglas-fir tussock moth, also shows views of people directly affected by the infestations - rated PG).
31- Nov 1 FALL BREAK
5	(Lecture) Seed and cone insects, insects affecting forest reproduction (seedlings and saplings), sapsucking insects (aphids, scale insects, etc.).
5, 7	(Lab) Wood products insects, seed and cone insects.
12	(Lecture) TEST on previous material.
12, 14	(Lab) Videos and films on forest insects - damage and life history information, etc.
19	(Lecture) Recreation insects (biting flies, mosquitoes, bees, wasps ticks, etc. - general habits, methods for management and personal protection, disease transmission.
19, 21	(Lab) Recreation/ wildlife arthropods (includes arthropods which bite, sting orotherwise annoy people, blood feeders, disease transmitters).
	Lab review for final
26	(Lecture) Forest insect surveys, detection and evaluation techniques. Insecticides (types, toxicity ratings, use in forest management)
27-29	Thanksgiving Break
3	(Lecture) Role of insects in intensive forest management, relationship between insects and pathogens, introduced forest pests, use of entomological training in forestry.
3, 5	LAB FINAL
9	CLASSES END
17	FINAL - 7:00 P. M.

**Circumstances may require some minor changes in this schedule during the semester

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