Students will prepare a list of terms (minimum 40) commonly used to describe landscaping. 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. Annuals, Aphids.
B. Bambues, Beds, Benches, Bermuda Grass, Buildings.
C. Caterpillars, Compost, Containers.
D. Design, Disease, Drip.
E. Equipment, Elevation.
F. Fallow, Fertilizers, Fertilization, Flats, Foliage Plants, Flowers, Furrow.
G. Garden, Gardener, Gardening, Grasses, Greenhouses.
H. Hedges, Hills.
I. Irrigation, irrigation systems, irrigation methods, irrigation equipment.
L. Lakes, Landscape, Landscaping, Landscape Gardener, Landscape Architect, Lawns, Lawnmower, Liming.
M. Machinery, Manure, Mites, Mowing, Mulches, Mulching.
P. Palm Trees, Parking areas, Perennials, Pests, Pest Control, Poison Ivy, Planting Systems, Planting Time, Ponds, Pots, Prunning.
R. Rainfall, Rainfall intensity, Rainy season, Restrooms, Roads.
S. Saw Machine, Shrubs, Slopes, Soil pH, Soils, Sprinkler, Sowing, Spidermites, Streams, Sunlight.
T. Tools, Transplanting, Trimming, Training, Tufgrass, Turfgrass Management.
V. Varieties, Vines.
W. Walkways, Water bodies, Water Fountains, Weeds, Weedwacker, Weeding, Weevils, Wild habitats.

Assignment 2: Seminar (10 Points)

Students will give a short talk (minimum 15 minutes) on a topic related with landscape management. 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 in Landscape Systems
2. Turfgrass Diseases and Pests
3. Diseases and Pests Afflicting Greenhouse Plants
4. Management of Greenhouse Systems
5. Major Grasses, Bambues, and Palm Trees in Hawaii
6. Major Ornamental Trees in Hawaii
7. Prunning and Training of Hedges and Shrubs
8. Maintenance of Roads and Parking Areas in Hawaii
9. Irrigation in Landscape Systems
10. Landscaping in Hawaii: Potentials and Constraints
11. The Foliage Industry in Hawaii: Potentials and Constraints
12. Safe Handling of Agricultural Chemicals
13. Most Common Pesticides Used in Landscape Systems
14. Landscape Design and Development

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