Agronomy Concepts Part 3 of 3


  1. Level:
    Secondary
    Postseconary


  1. Rank the degree to which the following agronomy concepts are included in your Ag Ed course(s):

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Types of insect damage Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Immature and adult stages of major insects Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Identify weeds with plant development characstics: i.e., cotyledons, auricles, stem shape, etc.  Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Distinguish action threshold from economic injury level Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Use information about cost of control, potential pest damage, and crop value to determine economic injury level Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Genetic traits impacting pest management: Bt modified crops, glyphosate resistance, glufosinate resistance Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Role of susceptible refuge host populations in managing insect resistance Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Crop management practices which influence influence pest management decisions Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Pesticide characteristics: mode of action, persistence, selectivity, etc. Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      How a pest population develops resistance to pesticides Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      How to prevent pest resistant populations of insects, weeds, and diseases Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      How to manage herbicide resistant weed populations Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Factors the affect pesticide coverage during application Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Read and follow pesticide label instructions Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Read and follow herbicide label instructions Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Point source and non-point source pollution Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Factors that affect spray drift Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Pesticide modes of entry into the human system Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Chronic vs. acute pesticide poisoning Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      PPE - Personal Protective Equipment Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Safety procedures for herbicide/pesticide application Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Advantages and limitations of monoculture and crop rotation systems Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Cultivar or variety, and hybrid & hybrid, variety selection Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Describe how growing transgenic crops can affect marketing Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Use seed tag information to determine seed quality Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Use purity, germination, and seed size information to calculate a seeding rate Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Factors that affect seed germination Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      How depth of planting affects crop emergence Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Conditions that alter recommended planting depth Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Factors that influence planting date Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Describe advantages and limitations of applying fertilizer at seeding Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Calculate plant population in a field and seeding rates Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Characteristics of plant growth stages Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Growing degree units Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Flowering of short day, long day, and day neutral crops Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Growing points in grasses and broadleaf plants Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Factors that affect crop canopy closure Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Calculate economics of replanting Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Uses of precision agriculture tools are used in crop management Rarely Teach Always Teach  
      Labor and other input costs impacting crop management decisions Rarely Teach Always Teach  





Dale Gruis
Instructor
Collins-Maxwell MS/HS
IA