| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Lecture: History and development of pesticides (Shu-Mei Dai)
Lab: Practical briefing and grouping |
| Week 2 |
Lecture: Formulations and applications of pesticides
Lab: Probit analysis and survival curve
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| Week 3 |
Lecture: Nomenclature and classification of pesticides
Lab: Toxicity and dilution |
| Week 4 |
Lecture: Insecticides act on nerve and muscle targets
Lab: Toxicity testing (survival time) |
| Week 5 |
Lecture: Insecticides act on respiration targets
Lab: Toxicity testing (lethal concentration - glass jar method) |
| Week 6 |
Lecture: Biorational Insecticides
Lab: Toxicity testing (lethal concentration - larvicide) |
| Week 7 |
Lecture: Management of pest resistance to pesticides
Lab: Synergism test of cockroach |
| Week 8 |
Lecture: Insecticide resistance
Lab: Presentation (1) and discussion |
| Week 9 |
Lecture: Midterm
Lab: Visiting Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute |
| Week 10 |
Lecture: The concept of insect pest (Kok-Boon Neoh)
Lab: Insect population regulation: Imperfectly density-dependent factor (1) |
| Week 11 |
Lecture: History of pest control
Lab: Insect population regulation: Imperfectly density-dependent factor (2) |
| Week 12 |
Lecture: Philosophy of integrated pest management
Lab: Testing on bait formulations in commercial/household products |
| Week 13 |
Lecture: IPM monitoring and decision-making
Lab: Testing on secondary transmission effect of bait toxicant |
| Week 14 |
Lecture: Ecological pest management
Lab: Novel bait development |
| Week 15 |
Lecture: Chemical control
Lab: Self-learning |
| Week 16 |
Lecture: Difference of application of insecticides in agricultural fields and urban environment
Other strategies of insect control)
Lab: Self-learning |
| Week 17 |
Lecture: Other strategies of insect control
Lab: Visiting Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station |
| Week 18 |
Lecture: Final examination
Lab: Presentation (2) and discussion |