Title: (Optional) Identify pests and diseases.
Course: Agricultural Education - Development (18003-I) > Section: Exploring Plant Propagation

Identification should include

- common greenhouse and/or garden pests
- classification of pests (e.g., insects, mites, nematodes, gastropods, animals, plants, pathogenic agents)
- fungal diseases
- bacterial diseases
- viral diseases
- methods of control
- photos of the pests and the damage they cause
- common pests of selected plants.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What pests may become established in the greenhouse?
- What are the major categories of plant pests?
- Why is species selection important in pest control?
- How are bacterial, fungal, and viral diseases transmitted?
- What is a vector?