Captivate Your Audience by Turning PowerPoint Presentations into Interactive E-Learning Content

Adobe® Captivate software provides educators with a tool to create interactive distance learning modules. This article describes how Adobe® Captivate was used to increase engagement of volunteer learners. An Adobe® Captivate module was created for the University of Idaho Master Gardener program to educate and test new Master Gardener volunteers on the pesticide policy of the University of Idaho. The data collected from the online course demonstrated that it was an effective and time-efficient way to educate volunteers. Hosting the course in a learning management system, such as eXtension.org Moodle campus, also provided the necessary university documentation for volunteer training

Integrated pest management guide to Colorado potato beetle

Bulletin no. 757 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension System, 1993-12-01. Author(s): Bechinski, E. J.; Sandvol, L. E.; Stoltz, R. L

Integrated pest management guide to wireworms in potatoes

Bulletin no. 760 Moscow, Idaho :University of Idaho, College of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension System, 1994-02-01. Author(s): Bechinski, E. J.; Sandvol, L. E.; Carpenter, G. P.; Homan, H. W

The role of integrated pest management

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Integrated pest management guide for sugarbeet root maggot

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Sequential decision cards: a tool for Russian wheat aphid control

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Deriving Economic Models for Pea Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) as a Direct-Pest and a Virus-Vector on Commercial Lentils

Abstract The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), presents a dual threat to commercial pulse growers because it can inflict direct injury through feeding and indirect injury as a vector of two important viruses, Pea enation mosaic virus (PEMV) and Bean leafroll virus (BLRV). A decision support system is needed to help producers manage both of these threats in pulses. To address these gaps in lentil, Lens culinaris (Medikus) (Fabales: Fabaceae), we conducted field experiments near Moscow, Idaho in 2011 and 2012 with three objectives: 1) determine economic injury levels (EILs) for pea aphid in lentil based on the direct effects of their feeding on yield, 2) develop economic guidelines for treating aphids carrying PEMV or BLRV based on the impact on yield of virus inoculation at different times after crop emergence, and 3) provide a framework for using both of these decision tools as part of a comprehensive approach to pea aphid management in lentil. EILs were determined based on data from replicated field cage trials over 2 yr. Windows of economic vulnerability to viruses were determined based on artificial inoculation with viruses at different days after crop emergence over 2 yr. Both direct and indirect injury support tools can be parameterized with potential yields, market prices, and the costs of insecticide applications to guide treatment decisions. Together, the two tools comprise a decision support system for managing pea aphid acting as both a direct pest and as a vector of the viruses in lentils in the Palouse region of northern Idaho and southeastern Washington State