CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES
Agronomy 438 - Principles of Weed Management
- Instructor: Dr. David Mortensen
- Credits: 4
- Semesters Offered: Fall
- Texts:
- Prerequisite: none
- Syllabus: Link to syllabus.
- Links: Course Outline
Course Description:
This 4-credit lecture/lab course will address the subject from an integrated weed management perspective. The course’s foundation is a study of weed biology and ecology. On that foundation, weed control methods and principles of their integration are studied and applied. The final third of the course focuses on one method of control, chemical, studying herbicide fate in plants and the soil/water environment.
For information on the course, please contact the instructor:
Dr. Dave Mortensen Professor of Weed Ecology/Biology 422 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building Department of Crop and Soil Sciences University Park, PA 16802Voice: 814 865-1906 e-mail: dmortensen@psu.edu