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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
- Starting
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Language
English
Credits
5 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Agriculture Horticulture and Crop Science View 6 other Short Courses in Horticulture and Crop Science in New ZealandWhat students do after studying
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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
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International
1500 NZD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1500 NZD for the full programme during 2 months. -
National
1500 NZD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1500 NZD for the full programme during 2 months.
Funding
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