ENY 6651C Insect Toxicology
Description
This course will provide an overview on insecticide classification, formulation, mode of action, resistance, metabolism, environmental fate, and regulatory legislation.
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites. However, a general knowledge of entomology and organic chemistry is needed.
Course Format
Location: Online
Course Goals
Topics
| The need for pesticides and their pattern of use |
| The formulation of pesticides |
| Pesticide laws and regulations |
| The classification of insecticides |
| Evaluation of toxicity |
| The uptake of insecticides |
| The mode of action of insecticides |
| Principles of pesticide metabolism |
| Species differences and other phenomena associated with the metabolism of xenobiotics |
| Insecticide resistance |
| Pesticides in the environment |
