RIGHT OF WAY:
WEED CONTROL
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Description
This course will review the methods and techniques to manage vegetation on rights of way and non-cropland industrial sites safely without damage to non-target species, sites, objects or the environment.
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
• Gain an understanding of the issues involved in controlling vegetation by roadways, utility lines,
and pipelines.
• Tailor a management strategy that addresses the unique needs of rights of way weed management.
Lesson 1
Roadside
Utility Lines
Pipelines
Railways
Lesson 2
Plant Succession
Weed Biology/Ecology
Lesson 3
Weed Control Techniques
Cultural
Prevention
Mechanical
Lesson 4
Biological
Chemical
Early Herbicides
2,4-D
Current Herbicides
Lesson 5
Identification
Application Site
Timing
Rate
Lesson 6
Soils, Moisture, Topography, Temperature, Vegetative Cover
Chemical Characteristics, Soil Residue, Organic Matter, Microbes, Fertility, pH
Lesson 7
Drift
Resistance Definition
Selection
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Lesson 8
Calibrations
Sprayers
Conventional Booms
Lesson 9
Boomless Sprayers
Calculations
Final Assessment
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