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Pesticide — Ornamental & Turf
NC Lawn & Ornamental Pest Management
2 recertification credits requested · 110 minutes · 14 lessons · 15 checkpoints · self-paced online
Coming soonPending NCDA&CS approval. Not yet open for enrollment or credit.
Who it's for
NC pesticide applicators certified in Ornamental and Turf pest control.
- Credit requested
- 2 pesticide recertification credits requested in Ornamental and Turf pest control
- Reviewed by
- NCDA&CS Pesticide Section
- Status
- Pending approval. Not open for enrollment or credit, and no course code yet.
How the course will work
- Identity check
- You'll confirm your identity and NC license details at the start and again after any break.
- Timed lessons
- Each lesson will have a minimum time. Content can't be skipped, and time only counts while you're on the lesson.
- Checkpoints
- Each lesson ends with a question you must answer correctly to continue, about every 10 minutes.
- Final quiz
- A randomized final quiz with 70% to pass and retakes allowed.
Timed agenda
Draft agenda. Final timing and credit are set at NCDA&CS approval.
| # | Segment | Minutes | Topic area | Checkpoint |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Orientation and ID Capture | 4 | Course rules, license # capture, time-tracking notice | (No question — ID/consent gate) |
| 1 | Transition-Zone Turfgrass Identification for Pest Decisions | 8 | Pest and host ID; product-selection logic | Why species ID drives product choice |
| 2 | White Grubs in North Carolina Turf | 8 | Pest ID and damage; timing; MoA; watering in | Preventive grub timing |
| 3 | Fall Armyworm and Sod Webworm | 8 | Pest ID and damage; scouting; early-instar timing | Early-instar treatment |
| 4 | Billbugs and Chinch Bugs | 8 | Pest ID; resistance rotation; distribution | Pyrethroid resistance and rotation |
| 5 | Mole Crickets and Ground Pearls in the Coastal Plain and Sandhills | 7 | Pest ID; nymph timing; misdiagnosis | Mole cricket nymph window |
| 6 | Tall Fescue Diseases: Brown Patch and Gray Leaf Spot | 8 | Disease ID; fungicide timing; cultural disease factors | Brown patch fungicide timing |
| 7 | Warm-Season Diseases: Large Patch and Spring Dead Spot | 8 | Disease ID; fall preventive timing; FRAC | Spring dead spot timing |
| 8 | Dollar Spot, Pythium Blight, and Take-All Root Rot | 8 | Disease ID; oomycete chemistry; FRAC rotation | Pythium chemistry |
| 9 | Turf and Landscape Weed Management and Herbicide Resistance | 8 | Herbicide timing; site and label; WSSA MoA rotation | NC pre-emergent timing |
| 10 | Ornamental Insect and Mite Pests, Part 1 | 8 | Pest ID; crawler timing; systemic MoA | Scale crawler window |
| 11 | Ornamental Pests and Diseases, Part 2 | 7 | Pest and disease ID; sanitation tied to spread | Boxwood blight sanitation |
| 12 | North Carolina Pesticide Law, Licensing, Certification, and the Label | 8 | NC Pesticide Law of 1971 (Ch. 143, Art. 52); Pesticide Board; Ornamental and Turf (L) category, supervision, recertification, 2025 training-standards video; FIFRA; RUPs and Part 171; WPS and AEZ; PPE and REI | Recertification credits; training-standards video |
| 13 | Restricted-Use Pesticide Records, Pesticide Waste, and Spill Response | 8 | 09L .1402 records (72 hours, 3 years); 7 CFR 110 rescission; PDAP and container recycling; spill contacts | RUP record retention |
| 14 | Pollinators, Endangered Species, Water Quality, and Stewardship | 8 | Bee advisory box; NC pollinator strategy and FieldWatch; EPA Bulletins Live! Two and ESA; riparian buffers; drift, runoff, and leaching; IPM | Bee advisory box and Bulletins Live! Two |
| 15 | Final Quiz (20–25 questions, 70% pass) | 11 | Cumulative assessment | Final quiz |
| Lesson time | 110 | + final quiz (25 questions, 70% to pass) | ||
Lessons
- 1Transition-Zone Turfgrass Identification for Pest Decisions8 min
- 2White Grubs in North Carolina Turf8 min
- 3Fall Armyworm and Sod Webworm8 min
- 4Billbugs and Chinch Bugs8 min
- 5Mole Crickets and Ground Pearls in the Coastal Plain and Sandhills7 min
- 6Tall Fescue Diseases: Brown Patch and Gray Leaf Spot8 min
- 7Warm-Season Diseases: Large Patch and Spring Dead Spot8 min
- 8Dollar Spot, Pythium Blight, and Take-All Root Rot8 min
- 9Turf and Landscape Weed Management and Herbicide Resistance8 min
- 10Ornamental Insect and Mite Pests, Part 18 min
- 11Ornamental Pests and Diseases, Part 27 min
- 12North Carolina Pesticide Law, Licensing, Certification, and the Label8 min
- 13Restricted-Use Pesticide Records, Pesticide Waste, and Spill Response8 min
- 14Pollinators, Endangered Species, Water Quality, and Stewardship8 min
References
Turfgrass insects, diseases, and weeds:
- Arthropod Pests of North Carolina Turf: A Guide — https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/arthropod-pests-of-north-carolina-turf-a-guide
- White Grubs in Turf (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/insects/white-grubs-in-turf/
- White Grubs in Turf (NC State Extension) — https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/white-grubs-in-turf
- Japanese Beetles in Turf (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/insects/japanese-beetle-in-turf/
- Green June Beetles in Turfgrass (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/green-june-beetles/
- Sugarcane Beetles in Turf (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/insects/sugarcane-beetles-in-turf/
- Insects and Other Pests (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/insects/
- NC Turf Bugs, Turf Insect Fact Sheets — https://ncturfbugs.wordpress.ncsu.edu/homepage/turf-insect-fact-sheets/
- Brown Patch in Turf (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/diseases-in-turf/brown-patch-in-turf/
- Gray Leaf Spot Development in Tall Fescue — https://turfpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/news/gray-leaf-spot-development-in-tall-fescue/
- Spring Dead Spot in Turf (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/diseases-in-turf/spring-dead-spot-in-turf/
- Spring Dead Spot in Turf (NC State Extension) — https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/spring-dead-spot-in-turf
- Why Should You Love Soil Temperatures When Managing Bermudagrass Diseases? — https://turfpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/news/why-should-you-love-soil-temperatures-when-managing-bermudagrass-diseases/
- Fall Into Warm-Season Disease Prevention — https://turfpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/2019/09/fall-into-warm-season-disease-prevention/
- Take-All Root Rot in Turf (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/take-all-root-rot-in-turf/
- Take-All Root Rot: A Complex Disease — https://turfpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/news/take-all-root-rot-a-complex-disease/
- Dollar Spot in Turf (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/diseases-in-turf/dollar-spot-in-turf/
- Updates on Turfgrass Disease Management in NC — https://turfpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/news/updates-on-turfgrass-disease-management-in-nc/
- Disease Management in Landscape Turf — https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/disease-management-in-landscape-turf
- When to Apply Preemergent Herbicides for Turfgrasses (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/news/when-to-apply-preemergent-herbicides-for-turfgrasses/
- Timing of Pre-emergent Herbicide Applications: Apply Earlier (TurfFiles) — https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/news/timing-of-preemergent-pre-herbicide-applications-for-2020-apply-earlier/
- Applying Pre-Emergent Herbicides to Lawns (Pender County Extension) — https://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/news/applying-pre-emergent-herbicides-to-lawns/
- Preemergence Herbicides (NC State Weeds) — https://weeds.ces.ncsu.edu/weeds-teaching/landscape-weed-management/preemergence-herbicides/
Ornamental pests and diseases:
- Pests of Azalea — https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/insect-and-related-pests-of-shrubs/pests-of-azalea
- Pests of Boxwood — https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/insect-and-related-pests-of-shrubs/pests-of-boxwood
- Boxwood Leafminer — https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/boxwood-leafminer-1
- Boxwood Blight (Iredell County Extension) — https://iredell.ces.ncsu.edu/news/boxwood-blight/
- Boxwood Blight Update (NC State Plant Pathology) — https://plantpathology.ces.ncsu.edu/2015/09/boxwood-blight-update/
- Biology and Management of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale — https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/biology-and-management-of-crape-myrtle-bark-scale-for-in-nurseries
Pesticide certification, continuing education, and pollinator protection:
- Pesticide Applicator Certification and Licensing (NC State Extension) — https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/pesticide-applicator-certification-and-licensing
- NCDA&CS Pesticide Recertification — https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/licensing-and-certification/recertification
- NCDA&CS Pesticide Continuing Education — https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/continuing-education
- NCDA&CS Credential Search — https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/credential-search
- N.C.G.S. § 143-452, Pesticide License Expiration — https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_143/gs_143-452.html
- NCDA&CS Pollinator Protection Strategy — https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/pollinators/pollinator-protection-strategy
- Protecting Pollinators through the Pesticide Label (NCDA&CS) — https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pollinator/protecting-pollinators-through-the-pesticide-label-pdf/open
- NC State IPM, Honey Bees — https://ipm.ces.ncsu.edu/ipm-honey-bees/
Pesticide law, rules, and environmental protection:
- NC Pesticide Law of 1971, N.C.G.S. Ch. 143, Art. 52 — https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByArticle/Chapter_143/Article_52.html
- NC Pesticide Board, N.C.G.S. § 143-436 — https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/BySection/Chapter_143/GS_143-436.pdf
- 02 NCAC 09L .0503, Applicator Licensing and Supervision — http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2002%20-%20agriculture%20and%20consumer%20services/chapter%2009%20-%20food%20and%20drug%20protection/subchapter%20l/02%20ncac%2009l%20.0503.pdf
- 02 NCAC 09L .0505, Applicator Classifications — http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2002%20-%20agriculture%20and%20consumer%20services/chapter%2009%20-%20food%20and%20drug%20protection/subchapter%20l/02%20ncac%2009l%20.0505.html
- 02 NCAC 09L .0522, Recertification — http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2002%20-%20agriculture%20and%20consumer%20services/chapter%2009%20-%20food%20and%20drug%20protection/subchapter%20l/02%20ncac%2009l%20.0522.html
- 02 NCAC 09L .1402, Restricted-Use Pesticide Records — http://reports.oah.state.nc.us/ncac/title%2002%20-%20agriculture%20and%20consumer%20services/chapter%2009%20-%20food%20and%20drug%20protection/subchapter%20l/02%20ncac%2009l%20.1402.html
- Summary of FIFRA (EPA) — https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act
- How to Get Certified as a Pesticide Applicator (EPA) — https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/how-get-certified-pesticide-applicator
- Worker Protection Standard Application Exclusion Zone (EPA) — https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/worker-protection-standard-application-exclusion-zone
- Rescission of Recordkeeping on Restricted Use Pesticides (Federal Register) — https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/12/2025-08220/rescission-of-recordkeeping-on-restricted-use-pesticides-by-certified-applications
- Endangered Species Protection Bulletins (EPA) — https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species/endangered-species-protection-bulletins
- New Labeling for Neonicotinoid Pesticides (EPA) — https://www.epa.gov/pollinator-protection/new-labeling-neonicotinoid-pesticides
- NCDA&CS DriftWatch and FieldWatch — https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/pollinators/driftwatch
- NCDA&CS Pesticide Disposal Assistance Program — https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/pesticide-environmental-programs/pdap
- NCDA&CS Pesticide Container Recycling — https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/pesticide-environmental-programs/container-recycling
- NCDA&CS Complaint and Spill Reporting — https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/consumer/spcpd-complaint-information
- NC DEQ Water Resources Emergency Response — https://www.deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-regional-operations/emergency-response
- NC DEQ Riparian Buffer Protection Program — https://www.deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-permitting/401-buffer-permitting-branch/riparian-buffer-protection-program
- Neuse and Tar-Pamlico Buffer Rules Brochure (NC DEQ) — https://www.deq.nc.gov/water-quality/surface-water-protection/401/riparian-buffers/neuse-and-tar-pam-buffer-rules-brochure/download
- Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (USFWS) — https://www.fws.gov/species/red-cockaded-woodpecker-dryobates-borealis
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle (USFWS) — https://www.fws.gov/species/loggerhead-sea-turtle-caretta-caretta
- Freshwater Mussels (NC Wildlife Resources Commission) — https://www.ncwildlife.gov/media/1297/download