HORT 179 Best Practices: Plant Health Care

1 credit

This course focuses on sustainable landscape best practices for plant health care. Topics include review of plant problems (diseases, insects, weeds, abiotic problems), diagnosis, responsible pesticide use, IPM, and proactive management practices that maintain and improve plant health.

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate how preventative landscape management practices such as pest monitoring, sustainable irrigation, and cultural tactics (including fertilization and pruning) are used to maintain plant health and decrease pest issues
Demonstrate the diagnostic process, including site evaluations
Identify commonly seen insects and diseases of western Washington landscapes
Describe elements and appropriate use of integrated pest management practices (biological, chemical, cultural, mechanical/physical)

Total Hours: 15 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 5 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 10