Students will prepare and submit a list of terms (minimum 40) commonly used to describe plant diseases and pests. Example:

APHIDS: Small. green, pink, or black soft body insects that rapidly reproduce to large populations. Plant injury results from sucking plant sap and indirectly from virus transmossion to plants.

A partial list of these terms is given below:

A. Active Ingredient, Additive, Alachlor, Alternaria, Aluminum Toxicity, Anthracnose, Annuals, Aphids.
B. Bacterium. Bacteria, Bacterial Wilt, Benlate, Blight, Bravo.
C. Canker, Cercospora, Chlorosis.
D. Diagnosis, Disease, Dose.
E. Early Blight, Entry, Environment, Epidemy.
F. Fertilization, Fungi, Fungus, Fungicide, Furadan, Fusarium.
H. Hard Rot, Herbicide, Host.
I. Innoculation, Injury. Integrated Pest Management, Irrigation.
L. Leaf Blight, Leaf Roll, Leaf Spot, Liming.
M. Mites, Mosaic, Mycoplasm.
N. Nematodes, Nematicides, Nemacur, Nechrosis, Nutrient Deficiency.
P. Pathogen, Perennials, Pest, Pesticide, Porcupines, Prevention, Phytophthora, Phytium Rot, Planting Systems, Planting Time.
R. Rhizoctonia, Rodents, Root-knot, Roundup.
S. Sencor, Soft Rot, Soil Acidity, Soil pH, Stem Rot, Stink Bugs, Stomata.
T. Temik, Temperature, Terraclor.
V. Varieties, Virus W. Water Stress, Waterlogging, Weeds, Weeding, Weebils, White Fly.

Assignment 2: Seminar (10 Points)

Students will give a short talk (minimum 15 minutes) on a topic related with diseases and pests. The talk will include a brief introduction of the topic, a review of existing knowledge on the subject matter, and a section highlighting major findings and conclusions. Students will submit copies of a one-page summary for class distribution.
A list of sugested topics is given below.

1. Integrated Pest Management
2. Taro Diseases and Pests
3. Sweet Potato Diseases and Pests
4. Diseases and Pests Afflicting Vegetable Production
5. Diseases and Pests in Greenhouse Systems
6. Major Pests in Hawaii
7. Major Weeds in Hawaii
8. The Foliage Industry in Hawaii: Pests and Diseases
9. Impacts of Past Sugarcane and Pineapple Practices on Food Crop Production
10. Diversified Agriculture in Hawaii: Diseases and Pests
11. Safe Handling of Agricultural Chemicals
12. Most Common Pesticides Used in Hawaii

Assignment 3: Disease Collection (5 Points)
To be developed.

Assignment 4: Weed Collection (5 Points)
To be developed.

Assignment 5: Insect Collection (5 Points)
To be developed.

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