Understanding Herbicides, Certificate | Part time online | Massey University | New Zealand
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Understanding Herbicides

2 months
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1500 NZD/full
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About

This Understanding Herbicides course at Massey University will give participants a good grounding in the principles of using herbicides to control weeds.

Overview

This Understanding Herbicides course at Massey University is designed primarily as a stand-alone course to give participants a good grounding in the principles of using herbicides to control weeds.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion a participant should be able to understand herbicides well enough to be able to select the most appropriate compound for any weed situation and obtain maximum effectiveness from that herbicide without causing damage to desirable plants.

Programme Structure

Course content and structure:
  • Herbicide toxicity and legislation
  • Herbicide formulation
  • Behaviour of herbicides in plants
  • Behaviour of herbicides in the soil
  • Herbicide application
  • Knockdown herbicides
  • Residual herbicides
  • Economics of weed control
  • Weed control in pastures and lucerne
  • Weed control in annual crops or controlling environmental weeds, forestry weeds and urban weeds
  • Herbicide resistance

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 2 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

English

Credits

5 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Who this course is for

  • People working in the herbicide industry within New Zealand. But is also useful for people working in agriculture, horticulture and regional councils who need to control weeds with herbicides as part of their job.

Tuition Fee

To always see correct tuition fees
  • International

    1500 NZD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 1500 NZD for the full programme during 2 months.
  • National

    1500 NZD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 1500 NZD for the full programme during 2 months.

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