4 HOURS: AGRICULTURAL PLANT CONTROL

Description

This course is designed to allow Massachusetts Commercial Applicators who are already certified to earn 4 Recertification credits in the Category 33 – AGRICULTURE, CORE, or DEALER.

Topics covered include: Concepts in Weed Control, Hericide Formulations, Soil Applied Herbicides, Pesticide Interactions in Crops and Weeds, Common Weeds, Biotic vs Abiotic, The Diseases Pyramid, Organic Field Crop Production, Crop Rotation, Pesticide Drift, Protecting Water, and Heat Stress.

This course has been designed in a Distance Learning format and approved by the MDAR as a recertification course. NOTE: The MDAR allows you to receive up to 50% of your total credits in a distance learning format each recertification cycle. Additionally, you cannot repeat the same course within a 12 month period. PESTED updates its courses annually. If you are not sure if you have taken this course, please call PESTED and we will check your account history. True/False quizzes are given at the end of each section to enhance the student’s learning. This course is narrated and self-paced, with high quality images of insect and animal species as well as equipment.

Students will be able to print their certificate after sending their completion e-mail at the end of the course. Students will be able to print their certificates up until December 31st. If you need a certificate for courses taken in a previous cycle please call or e-mail us. If we do not receive the completion e-mail after course completion your credits will not be reported to the state.